Asahi Newcomer Literary Award あさひしんじんぶんがくしょう
Edition 19 (2008)
Literary awardNewcomer literary award
Winners
1 peopleA magical historical novel that follows island time from the fifteenth century to the modern era through the perspective of the tree spirit Kijimuna. Myth, feng shui, war, and disease overlap as the memories of trees and humans form a long chronicle.
The memory of life as a tree spirit begins to tell five hundred years of a southern island.
181 pages
southern islandsKijimunamagical realismhistory