The image of the main character in Sayaka Murata’s novel "Convenience store woman"

Abstract

This article is devoted to the main character of the famous I-novel written by modern Japanese writer Sayaka Murata – "Convenience store woman". The novel brought the writer great popularity and many literary awards, one of which is the most prestigious literary award in Japan – the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award. Since in many ways this novel is autobiographical and based on Sayaka Murata's own life experience, she managed to deeply reveal many of the current problems of modern society in Japan by the example of the image of the main character in the novel "Convenience store woman".