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 peopleA 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