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Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 141 (2009)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

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A novella about a long marriage, distance between spouses, houses, and the transformations of memory, asking quietly where a life finally comes to rest.

終の住処 is an award-winning work by 磯崎憲一郎, attentive to memory and relationships beneath its subject matter.

142 pages
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