{"product_id":"dilemmas-of-working-women-stories","title":"Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDilemmas of Working Women: Stories\u003c\/h1\u003eFumio Yamamoto,Fumio Yamamoto\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Harpervia\u003cbr\u003eAugust 11 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780063423619\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0063423618\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Now offered in translation for the first time, this collection featuring women navigating societal expectations (and their small rebellions) is a classic.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spiky, edgy collection of five sly yet sensitive 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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dilemmas of Working Women\u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Japan in 2000, \u003cem\u003eThe Dilemmas of Working Women\u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Brian Bergstrom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392992280621,"sku":"WHS-caa170b7a0ce4f39987bf3d1eb754ab3","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_cc0213c2-3b11-4612-9f7c-85fc2120ab6f.jpg?v=1787370227","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/dilemmas-of-working-women-stories","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}