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Asahi Newcomer Literary Award あさひしんじんぶんがくしょう

Edition 15 (2004)

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Winners

1 people
河井大輔 かわい だいすけ award

A short story whose title evokes Sakhalin and the legendary fish ito. It can be read as a quiet excavation of place, memory, and northern nature.

The shadow of a fish in northern waters calls up memories of a distant land.

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