En interessant bok om å være annerledes i et samfunn der annerledeshet nesten behandles som spedalskhet.

Furukura virker å ha noen autistiske trekk / være et sted på spekteret. Hun forstår ikke hva andre mener er normalt eller ikke, hun forstår ikke sosiale koder og bryr seg heller ikke om dem. Det hun forstår er at hun må herme etter de andre for å få være i fred.

Meningen med livet finner hun i en butikkjobb - med faste rutiner, faste rammer og oppgaver, der hun har sin tydelige rolle. Men folk rundt henne syns ikke det er godt nok. De maser stadig på om hun skal få en bedre jobb, eller gifte seg og barn. For omverdenen er det uforståelig at Furukura er fornøyd med - ja, faktisk trives godt med - livet hun har. Etterhvert gir hun etter for presset, men ender med å være ulykkelig og utnyttes av en mann som mener verden skylder ham alt, men at han skylder verden ingenting.

Alt i alt en veldig interessant bok som er en påminnelse om hvordan konformitetens fengsel stenger oss inne - og hvor dårlig vi faktisk håndterer at andre tenker annerledes. Nå er riktignok Japan et mer ekstremt samfunn hva gjelder status og arbeidskultur, men satiren (som denne boka må leses som) treffer absolutt vårt eget samfunn også.

Anbefalt!

:))

Reading Women Challenge 2020
All books read for this challenge must be by or about women.
(Please note that the spirit of this challenge is to read books that aren’t by men.)

A Book by an Author from the Caribbean or India: Shobha Rao - "Girls Burn Brighter"
A Book Translated from an Asian Language: Sayaka Murata - "Convenience Store Woman" (+1 bonus)
Bonus if the translator is a woman!
A Book about the Environment: Maja Lunde - "Blå"
A Picture Book Written/Illustrated by a BIPOC Author: Lisa Aisato - "Livet - illustrert"
BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction
A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian
A Book Featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism: Black Future Month-boka?
An Anthology by Multiple Authors: «The long list anthology» (David Steffen, red.)
A Book Inspired by Folklore: Samantha Shannon - «The priory of the Orange Tree»
A Book about a Woman Artist: TAylor Jenkins Reid - "Daisy Jones & The SIx"
Read and Watch a Book-to-Movie Adaptation: Diana Gabaldon - "Dragonfly in Amber" (har også sett Outlander-TV-serien)
A Book about a Woman Who Inspires You: Kathy Reichs - "Bones are forever" (Brennan inspirerer meg)
A Book by an Arab Woman: Max Gladstone og Amal El-Mohtar - «This is how you lose the time war» (Mohtar er av libanesisk avstamning)
A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author: Kij Johnson - "The cat who walked a thousand miles"
A Biography; Rebecca Skloot - "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"
A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability: Diana Gabaldon - «Voyager» (Miss Campbell)
A Book Over 500 Pages: Robin Hobb - "Royal Assasin"
A Book Under 100 Pages: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - «We should all be feminists»
A Book That’s Frequently Recommended to You: Delia Owens - «Where the crawdads sing»
A Feel-Good or Happy Book: Abbi Waxman - "The bookish life of Nina Hill"
A Book about Food: Elizabeth Acevedo - "With the fire on high"
A Book by Either a Favorite or a New-to-You Publisher: Naomi Novik - "Spinning silver" (gitt ut på Macmillan, som blant annet har tor.com, en favoritt når det gjelder fantasy og sci-fi)
A Book by an LGBTQ+ Author: Zeyn Joukhadar - «Et kart av salt og stjerner»
A Book from the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists or Honorable Mentions

BONUS

A Book by Toni Morrison
A Book by Isabel Allende

Mommy Mannegren

2020 Reading Challenge
52 Books in 52 Weeks: mangla én bok her.

1. A book with the letter “W” in the title: «Przewalskis hest»
2. A hardcover: Zeyn Joukhadar - "Et kart av salt og stjerner"
3. By an indigenous author: Tommy Orange - "There there" (norsk tittel Powwow)
4. Set in winter: Naomi Novik - "Spinning silver"
5. A character who is a senior: Kathy Reichs - «Bones never lie» (moren til Brennan)
6. Written in the 1970’s: Carl Sagan - "Cosmos" (trolig, gitt ut i 1980)
7. An author local to you: Lars Saabye Christensen - "Byens spor"
8. Orange on the cover: Fredrik Backman - "Bjørnstad"
9. Set in space: Aliette Bodard - «On A Red Station, Drifting»
10. A bestseller: Jo Nesbø - "Kniv"
11. A book that leaves you thinking: Fredrik Backman - "Vi mot dere"
12. A “guilty pleasure”: Kathy Reichs - "Bones are forever"
13. Written by a female author: Erin Morgenstern - "The starless sea"
14. Book in a series: Robin Hobb - "Royal Assassin"
15. Book with romance: Agatha Christie - "Den åpne graven"
16. Borrowed from a friend: Sally Rooney - "Normal people"
17. Written by more than one author; Amir Levine; Rachel Heller - "Attached"
18. Published in 2020: Emma Lord - «Tweet Cute»
19. A Stephen King novel: Stephen King - «The stand»
20. An author whose last name starts with the same initial as yours: Leigh Bardugo - "Ninth house"
21. Written by a blogger or journalist: Rebecca Skloot - "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"
22. A character that frustrates you: Kathy Reichs - "Bones never lie" (Slidell, Brennan selv i blant)
23. Title beginning with A: Agatha Christie - "And Then There Were None"
24. Title beginning with B: Maja Lunde - "Blå"
25. Title beginning with C: Sayaka Murata - "Convenience Store Woman"
26. A strong “friendship” theme: Shobha Rao - "Girls burn brighter"
27. A comic book: Lise Myhre: «Nemi - Skumle damen»
28. Literary Fiction: Toni Morrison - "Beloved"
29. An award-winning novel: Taylor Jenkins Reid - "Daisy Jones & The Six" (Goodreads award best historical fiction, Glass bell award for fiction)
30. A book with recipes inside: Elizabeth Acevedo - "With the fire on high"
31. A book featuring royalty: Diana Gabaldon - «Dragonfly in Amber»
32. A spy novel: Brandon Sanderson - "Mistborn"
33. A book containing poetry: Diana Gabaldon - "Drums of autumn"
34. A book with illustrations: Lisa Aisato - «Livet - illustrert»
35. An author’s debut book: Alex Michaelides - "The silent patient"
36. Written in first person: Ransom Riggs - «Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children»
37. A book featuring the medical profession: Jodi Picoult - "A spark of light
38. Set in the future: Frank Herbert: - "Dune Messiah"
39. A book used in a celebrity book club: Delia Owens "Where the crawdads sing" (Reese's book club)
40. A book on the Mensa reading list for grades 9-12
41. Published when you were 20: Kij Johnson - "The cat who walked a thousand miles"
42. Reuse a prompt from a past year; Blake Crouch - "Dark Matter" (prompt: featuring time travel)
43. Set in a country you’ve never visited before: Kathy Reichs - "Bones of the lost" (USA og Afghanistan)
44. “Recommended” to you by Amazon: Samantha Shannon - «Priory of the orange tree»
45. A book that cost you less than $5: Andrzej Sapkowski - "The last wish"
46. By an author used in an earlier category: Lars Saabye Christensen - "Byens spor: Maj"
47. Story takes place on a form of transportation; Diana Gabaldon - "Voyager" (a bit of a stretch, men mye av handlinga foregår på skip)
48. Character who wears glasses: Abbi Waxman - "The bookish life of Nina Hill"
49. About a World Leader: Frank Herbert - "Dune" (Muad'Dib blir leder for planeten Arrakis)
50. An author you previously disliked: Suzanna Clarke - «Piranesi»
51. A genre you don’t normally care for: Bram Stoker - "Dracula"
52. A book with a Foreword: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (Audible-versjonen, med forord av Stephen Fry)