Yoshiyuki Handa's short story Niwatori Sōdō portrays an encounter between a grasping old woman and an exiled Russian man, and it received the ninth Akutagawa Prize in 1939. Through a disturbance over chickens in a village, it brings into view relationships among people from different backgrounds.

A village disturbance over a chicken unsettles the distance between strangers.

あさくさの子供 is a work by 長谷健 recognized in the 1939-1 cycle of akutagawa-ryunosuke-award. The entry records the award-linked work and avoids assigning book identifiers unless a separately published book can be confirmed.

あさくさの子供 is recorded as an award-recognized work by 長谷健.