NMLP P-043303 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata · 文藝春秋 Bungeishunjū, Tokyo (true first) — Grove Press, New York (first in English) · 2016

First English edition: Grove Press (Grove hardcover), New York, 12 June 2018, ISBN 978-0-8021-2825-6, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori; the first printing carries a complete number line ending in "1" (reported as "18 19 20 21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" — single-source, verify against the copy), jacket unclipped with the price at the front flap

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-043303 for "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043303, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).