Bungakukai Newcomer Award ぶんがくかいしんじんしょう
Edition 108 (2009)
LiteratureNewcomer award
Winners
1 peopleIn a provincial Iranian town during the Iran-Iraq War, a middle-school girl develops a tender affection for a boy in her class. As a society that strictly regulates contact between boys and girls meets the escalating war, her first love and hopes for the future are deeply shaken.
A story of young love emerging as war and social rules cast shadows over the blank page on which a future should be drawn.
160 pages
the Iran-Iraq Warfirst loveyoung people's futuresIslamic societywar and everyday life