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Gunzo Newcomer Literary Award ぐんぞうしんじんぶんがくしょう

Edition 29 (1986)

Pure literature

Winners

1 people
Chihiro Arai あらい ちひろ winning entry

A strange and buoyant novel filled with language and laughter, centered on a copywriter "I" who repeatedly transforms. It was published as the winner of the 29th Gunzo Newcomer Literary Prize.

Each time language changes shape, everyday life shifts a little farther into another form.

212 pages
languagetransformationcopywriterhumorGunzo Newcomer Prize