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Edition 167 (2022)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

1 people
Junko Takase たかせ じゅんこ award

An Akutagawa Prize-winning novel that depicts how differing feelings about food unsettle workplace relationships.

A difference in feeling toward eating creates unease among three people.

162 pages
workplacefoodrelationshipscontemporary fiction