May you have delicious meals
Takase, Junko, 1988-2025
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The power dynamics of the office are never more obvious than when it comes to food: mandatory lunches with the boss, the colleague who tries to curry favour with home-baked goods, discovering the discarded remnants of someone else's late-night binge. In their Saitama office, Ashikawa is the kind of woman Nitani knows he will likely marry: sweet, obliging, and determined to wean him off his addiction to instant noodles. But he finds himself increasingly unable to respect her - or the sugary treats she shares around the workplace, winning their colleagues' affection with baking rather than hard work. Oshio is bolder and uninhibited - she is Nitani's drinking buddy. In the oppressive office atmosphere, the pair grow closer, both outsiders struggling with the rigid status quo.
Main title:
May you have delicious meals / Junko Takase ; translated by Morgan Giles.
Author:
Takase, Junko, 1988-, authorGiles, Morgan, translator
Imprint:
London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2025.
Collation:
208 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
Awards:
Akutagawa Prize 2022
ISBN:
9781529153897 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
4104247