Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう
Edition 84 (1980, held 2 times in year)
Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story
Winners
1 peopleA short story in which memories of the father slip into the scenery and stray thoughts of a narrator who goes to look at a cemetery for his father's ashes.
During an ordinary trip toward a cemetery, the father's absence and memory seep into everyday details.
304 pages
memory of the fathercemeteryobservation of daily lifeabsencefamily