Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう
Edition 135 (2006)
Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story
Winners
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Takami Ito
award
A short novel about a delivery worker who reconsiders his life amid a failing marriage and long hours on the road. Dry conversations and summer heat reveal the pain of what is discarded and what remains.
On a summer road, what does a man discard, and what does he take up again?
122 pages
workdivorcethe streetloneliness