The Cape is a novella in which Kenji Nakagami densely portrays the land of Kishu and questions of blood relations. Alleyways, family, desire, and violence overlap, making it a starting point for the later Kumano saga.

An Akutagawa Prize work that inscribes the weight of Kishu land and blood, opening a new horizon in postwar literature.

Shikanoshima is a novella set on the island of Shika in Fukuoka, layering local memory with human solitude. Against a background of history and daily life, it quietly examines the relation between place and the individual in postwar Japanese fiction.

志賀島 presents 岡松和夫's work as an award-recognized title.