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Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 128 (2002, held 2 times in year)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

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Tamaki Daidou だいどう たまき award

Told from the perspective of a woman who goes driving with an older man, this novel depicts a relationship where desire, loneliness, and bodily sensation mingle. Beneath its nimble narration lies a sense of entrapment and a casually desperate urgency.

As scenery passes beyond the car window, a relationship marked more by bitterness than sweetness begins to sway.

193 pages
romanceembodimentlonelinessAkutagawa Prize