{"product_id":"may-you-have-delicious-meals-9781804947357","title":"May You Have Delicious Meals","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of BUTTER and CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN comes Junko Takase's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel about the pressures of modern life, and the pleasure of eating well\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So bracing, so strange and humane . . . I loved it.'\u003c\/b\u003e SHARLENE TEO, author of PONTI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny . . . All the people in this novel are alive.' \u003c\/b\u003eHIROMI KAWAKAMI, author of STRANGE WEATHER IN TOKYO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty and sharp . . . I devoured it.' \u003c\/b\u003eNATALIE SUE, bestselling author of I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A slim but impactful novel that will make you laugh and think' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAZED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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 . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their Saitama office,\u003cb\u003e Ashikawa \u003c\/b\u003eis the kind of woman \u003cb\u003eNitani \u003c\/b\u003eknows 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOshio \u003c\/b\u003eis bolder and uninhibited - she is Nitani's drinking buddy. In the oppressive office atmosphere, the pair grows closer, both outsiders struggling with the rigid status quo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDriven to behave in increasingly absurd ways by the workplace rules that govern their lives, they must navigate the tensions of modern life: between leisure and hard work; indulgence and restraint; the promise of delicious food, and the reality of a lonely pot noodle.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Junko Takase","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516689907773,"sku":null,"price":23.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781804947357.jpg?v=1787566137","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/may-you-have-delicious-meals-9781804947357","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}