A novel about a woman facing the illness of the person she loves most, where a cancer narrative, a love story, and a family story overlap. Driven by fantasy and fierce feeling, it captures both the absurdity and the pain of days moving toward loss.

蟹と彼と私

短歌の友人 is a work by 穂村弘 selected for the 伊藤整文学賞. It was published as a book, so both its award status and its book publication can be identified.

短歌の友人