{"product_id":"the-dilemmas-of-working-women-stories-paperback","title":"The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Now offered in translation for the first time, this\ncollection featuring women navigating societal expectations (and their small\nrebellions) is a classic.” — \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spiky, edgy collection of five sly yet sensitive\nstories spotlighting clear-eyed and “difficult” women who are navigating their\nidentities as workers and women in contemporary Japan—a feminist,\nanti-capitalist modern classic published outside Asia and in English for the\nfirst time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dilemmas of Working Women\u003c\/i\u003e is Fumio\nYamamoto’s darkly witty look at modern Japanese women who are ambivalent about\ntheir lives and jobs. In “Naked,” a woman who’s simultaneously lost her\nbusiness and her husband finds that it is surprisingly comfortable to stay at\nhome sewing stuffed animals, even if it makes her a “loser” in the eyes of\nsociety. In “Planarian,” a young woman recovering from breast cancer tells her\nfriends and boyfriend that she would prefer to be the titular worm to\norganically regenerate her body. Each of these spiky women—as well as the three\nother protagonists in this groundbreaking work—chafes against social\nexpectations that equate work with worth and demand women squeeze into the\nconfining and sometimes dehumanizing role of employee in a world built by and\nfor men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFirst published in Japan in 2000, \u003ci\u003eThe Dilemmas of\nWorking Women\u003c\/i\u003e struck a nerve with Japanese readers and became a\nbestselling literary sensation, selling nearly half a million copies and\nwinning the prestigious Naoki Prize in Literature. A quarter of a century\nlater, this brilliant modern classic—available for the first time outside Asia\nand in English—remains deliciously funny and astonishingly relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Brian Bergstrom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFumio Yamamoto\u003c\/b\u003e (1962–2021) was a Japanese writer\nof novels and essays. Her books include \u003ci\u003eLoveaholic,\u003c\/i\u003e which won\nthe 1999 Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, and the collection \u003ci\u003eThe\nDilemmas of Working Women\u003c\/i\u003e which won the prestigious Naoki Prize and\nbecame bestselling phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Bergstrom\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer and translator who\nhas lived in Chicago, Kyoto, and Yokohama. His writing and translations have\nappeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eGranta, Aperture, Lit Hub,\nMechademia, Japan Forum, positions: asia critique\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQueer: A\nCollection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe\nPenguin Book of Japanese Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He translated Erika Kobayashi’s\nnovel \u003ci\u003eTrinity, Trinity, Trinity \u003c\/i\u003e(2022) and story\ncollection \u003ci\u003eSunrise: Radiant Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(2023) with Astra House,\nthe former winning the 2022 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for\nthe Translation of Japanese Literature. His latest translation is \u003ci\u003eSlow\nDown: The Degrowth Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003eby Kohei Saito (W\u0026amp;N \u0026amp; Astra\nHouse, 2024). He is currently based in Montréal, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45798498730191,"sku":"9780063423619","price":22.89,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_c779e886-7cee-43fc-ad25-fb73777f9271.jpg?v=1787545057","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-dilemmas-of-working-women-stories-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}