▁Store ▁Person ), ▁won ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁Ak ut ag awa ▁Prize , ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁named ▁one ▁of ▁Vog ue ▁Japan ' s ▁Women ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁Kon bin i ▁n ingen ▁has ▁sold ▁over ▁ 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁Japan , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁it ▁became ▁her ▁first ▁book ▁to ▁be ▁translated ▁into ▁English , ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Con ven ience ▁Store ▁Woman . ▁ ▁Through out ▁her ▁writing ▁career ▁Mur ata ▁has ▁worked ▁part - time ▁as ▁a ▁convenience ▁store ▁cl erk ▁in ▁Tokyo . ▁ ▁Writing ▁style ▁ ▁Mur ata ' s ▁writing ▁expl ores ▁the ▁different ▁consequences ▁of ▁non con form ity ▁in ▁society ▁for ▁men ▁and ▁women , ▁particularly ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁gender ▁roles , ▁parent hood , ▁and ▁sex . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁them es ▁and ▁character ▁back st ories ▁in ▁her ▁writing ▁come ▁from ▁her ▁daily ▁observations ▁as ▁a ▁part - time ▁convenience ▁store ▁worker . ▁Soci etal ▁accept ance ▁of ▁sex less ness ▁in ▁various ▁forms , ▁including ▁a sex ual ity , ▁volunt ary ▁and ▁invol unt ary ▁cel ib acy , ▁especially ▁within ▁marriage , ▁recurs ▁as ▁a ▁theme ▁in ▁several ▁of ▁her ▁works , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁nov els ▁Sh ō m ets u ▁se ka i ▁( D wind ling ▁World ) ▁and ▁Kon bin i ▁n ingen ▁( Con ven ience ▁Store ▁Person ), ▁and ▁the ▁short ▁story ▁" A ▁C lean ▁Mar riage ." ▁Mur ata ▁is