| Description |
401 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it is close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig--watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods--turns out to be inconvenient. (When can she go to the bathroom?) Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job--writing trivia for rice cracker packages; punching entry tickets to a purportedly haunted public park--it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all, but something altogether more meaningful. And when she finally discovers an alternative to the daily grind, it comes with a price."--Publisher. |
| Note |
Translation of: Konoyoni tayasui shigoto wa nai. |
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"Originally published in Japan by Nikkei Publishing Inc. (renamed Nikkei Business Publications Inc. from Apri 1, 2020), Tokyo"--Copyright page. |
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First published in 2020 in Great Britain. |
| Subject |
Women -- Japan -- Fiction.
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Young women -- Japan -- Fiction.
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Job satisfaction -- Fiction.
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Burn out (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Job hunting -- Japan -- Fiction.
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Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Psychological fiction.
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| Added Author |
Barton, Polly (Translator), translator.
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| Added Title |
Konoyoni tayasui shigoto wa nai. English.
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There is no such thing as an easy job |
| ISBN |
9781635576917 |
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1635576911 |
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