false <![CDATA[Supermarket: A Novel]]> 6111964 1 <DIV>A modern classic of literature in Japan, <I>Supermarket </I>is a novel of the human drama surrounding the management of a supermarket chain at a time when the phenomenon of the supermarket, imported postwar from the US, was just taking hold in Japan.   When Kojima, an elite banker resigns his job to help a cousin manage Ishiei, a supermarket in one of Japan’s provincial cities, a host of problems ensue.  Store employees are stealing products, the books are in disaray, and the workers seem stuck in old ways of thinking.  As Kojima begins to give all his time over to the relentless task of reforming the store’s management, a chance encounter with a woman from his childhood causes him to ask the age-old question: is the all encompassing pursuit of business success really worth it?  Sincere and naive in tone, Supermarket takes us back to a simpler, kinder time, and  skillfully presents the depictions of its characters alongside a wealth of information concerning Japanese post WWII recovery and industrialization.  </DIV> 6289913 3 2 2009 Supermarket: A Novel total:15|5:2|4:0|3:10|2:3|1:0| 15 46 247 8 5 4 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 16:47:31 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:45:33 -0800 2009 Shosetsu Supamaketto is super amazing.

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