All Yomimono Newcomer Award おーるよみものしんじんしょう
Edition 82 (2002)
NovelsNewcomer awardHistorical fiction (since 2021)Mystery novels (temporarily merged in 2008)
Winners
1 peopleSet in dairy-farming country in Hokkaido, this short story depicts the feelings of people who inherit the land and the emotions that pass between men and women there. The harshness of northern nature and the scent of daily life sustain the story with quiet pain.
The sorrow and hope of people living on dairy land cross paths in the air of the north.
219 pages
Hokkaidodairy farmingfamilyland