{"product_id":"9781529153897","title":"May You Have Delicious Meals","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Takase, Junko \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/02\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 208 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529153897,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE‘Funny . . . All the people in this novel are alive.’ HIROMI KAWAKAMI, author of STRANGE WEATHER IN TOKYO‘Witty and sharp . . . I devoured it.’ NATALIE SUE, bestselling author of I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELLThe 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOshio is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54847744639349,"sku":"9781529153897","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529153897.jpg?v=1732871932","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9781529153897","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}