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
1 peopleTold 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