In the final episode of the season we are joined by a special guest to talk about our first translated novel - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata.Episode Timepoints:Other Books Mentioned in this Episode:Normal People - Sally RooneyNever Let Me Go - Kazui IshiguroUntil the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu KawaguchiThe Book Thief - Markus ZusakThe Beekeeper of Aleppo - Christy LefteriEarthlings - Sayaka MurataWill and Testament - Vigdis HjorthFun Home - Alison BechdelFirefly - Jos WheedonBrave New World - Alduous HuxleyFoundation - Isaac AsimovExtra Reading/Homework!The New Yorker Article: Sayaka Murata’s Eerie “Convenience Store Woman” Is a Love Story Between a Misfit and a Store | The New YorkerInterview with the author: Sayaka Murata: 'I acted how I thought a cute woman should act - it was horrible' | Sayaka Murata | The GuardianNaoise Dolan: I thought I was too different to see myself in a novel – but Sayaka Murata got me | Naoise Dolan | The GuardianInterview with the translator: Ginny Tapley Takemori on translating Convenience Store Woman - Books on Asia