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Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 94 (1985, held 2 times in year)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

1 people
Fumiko Kometani よねたに ふみこ award

A story about a woman married to a Jewish American writer who faces her husband's family reunion and a ritual of kinship, confronting cross-cultural family bonds and her own solitude. Immigration, marriage, and caring for a disabled child intersect.

Before a cross-cultural family ritual, the solitude and conflict of a woman who sought freedom come into focus.

168 pages
cross-cultural marriagefamilyimmigrationsolitude