{"product_id":"the-dilemmas-of-working-women-by-fumio-yamamoto","title":"The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spiky, edgy collection of five wickedly funny stories spotlighting clear-eyed and \"difficult\" women who are navigating their identities as workers and women in contemporary Japan--a feminist, anti-capitalist modern classic published outside Asia and in English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dilemmas of Working Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Fumio Yamamoto's darkly witty look at modern Japanese women who are ambivalent about their lives and jobs. In \"Naked,\" a woman who's simultaneously lost her business and her husband finds that it is surprisingly comfortable to stay at home sewing stuffed animals, even if it makes her a \"loser\" in the eyes of society. In \"Planarian,\" a young woman recovering from breast cancer tells her friends and boyfriend that she would prefer to be the titular worm to organically regenerate her body. Each of these spiky women--as well as the three other protagonists in this groundbreaking work--chafes against social expectations that equate work with worth and demand women squeeze into the confining and sometimes dehumanizing role of employee in a world built by and for men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in Japan in 2000, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dilemmas of Working Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e struck a nerve with Japanese readers and became a bestselling literary sensation, selling nearly half a million copies and winning the prestigious Naoki Prize in Literature. A quarter of a century later, this brilliant modern classic--available for the first time outside Asia and in English--remains deliciously funny and astonishingly relevant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Brian Bergstrom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344484327737,"sku":"11856480","price":65.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/6871\/7369\/files\/11856480.jpg?v=1780115007","url":"https:\/\/shop.cziplee.com\/products\/the-dilemmas-of-working-women-by-fumio-yamamoto","provider":"CzipLee Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}