{"product_id":"the-dilemmas-of-working-women","title":"Dilemmas of Working Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying the lives of five women\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIzumi \u003c\/strong\u003eneeds to get a job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaruka \u003c\/strong\u003eneeds to stop talking about how she once had cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKato \u003c\/strong\u003eneeds to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMito \u003c\/strong\u003eneeds to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSumie \u003c\/strong\u003ejust needs somewhere to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFumio Yamamoto burst onto the Japanese literary scene in 1999 when she won the Yoshikawa Eiji New Writer's Prize for her book \u003cem\u003eLoveaholic\u003c\/em\u003e. Her follow-up in 2000, \u003cem\u003eThe Dilemmas of Working Women\u003c\/em\u003e, won the prestigious Naoki Prize in Literature, before becoming a bestselling phenomenon. Her final novel, \u003cem\u003eRotations and Revolutions\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded both the Shimasei Literature Prize and the Chūō Kōron Prize in 2021, and her journals, offering an intimate portrait of dealing with depression and then with pancreatic cancer, also became hugely popular. Yamamoto passed away in 2021 in Karuizawa, Nagano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrian Bergstrom is a lecturer and translator who has lived in Chicago, Kyoto, and Yokohama, and is currently based in Montréal. His most recent translations include \u003cem\u003eSunrise: Radiant Stories\u003c\/em\u003e by award-winning author Erika Kobayashi and \u003cem\u003eSlow Down\u003c\/em\u003e by Marxist philosopher Kōhei Saitō.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13.5 x 21.6 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46587878441117,"sku":"9780349019222","price":89.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/the_dilemmas_of_working_women_fumio_yamamoto_9780349019222.jpg?v=1741929085","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-dilemmas-of-working-women","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}