Bungakukai Newcomer Award ぶんがくかいしんじんしょう
Edition 96 (2003)
LiteratureNewcomer award
Winners
1 peopleYuko lives in Kamata, Tokyo, where people carrying their own troubles gather around her: a cousin who attempted suicide, a yakuza man living with depression, and a man she meets online. The story follows their fleeting connections as each tries to live through an unmanageable everyday life in their own way.
A story of people with difficult circumstances who live their own present without ingratiating themselves or giving in to bitterness.
184 pages
everyday life in Kamatamental distressloneliness and connectionquiet renewal