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Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 127 (2002)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

1 people
Shuichi Yoshida よしだ しゅういち award

This novella follows a man and a woman who meet in Hibiya Park, using their conversations and uncertain distance to portray urban loneliness and ambiguous intimacy among young working adults. A faint romantic texture overlaps with the shifting landscape of central Tokyo.

From conversations on a park bench, the loneliness and closeness of city life come into view.

176 pages
city lifelonelinessromanceeveryday life