Dazai Osamu Award だざいおさむしょう
Edition 31 (2015)
Literary fictionNew writer award
Winners
1 peopleEna, twenty-five, is invited to a gathering of women from her former workplace and learns that her lover has had a daughter. As memories of their affair, family, and her bond with a close friend overlap, she confronts the isolation and difficulty of living that she has carried amid society's ideas of what is right.
After learning of her lover's daughter's birth, Ena confronts her past and her relationships.
288 pages
Love and infidelityMemories of familyIsolation and self-affirmationSocial norms