Japanese Literary Awards

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Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 107 (1992)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

1 people
Tomomi Fujiwara ふじわら ともみ award

A novel that depicts the solitude and desire of modern urban life through the bodily sensations of a subway driver and the underground city. Tunnels and station lights reveal a city suspended between discipline and sensuality.

The speed of a train beneath the city illuminates the inner lives of urban dwellers.

205 pages
subwayurban lifebodily perceptionsolitude