Japan Horror Novel Grand Award にほんホラーしょうせつたいしょう
Edition 13 (2006)
Horror novelNewcomer literary award
Winners
2 peopleA horror novel in which a boy visits relatives after his grandmother's death and is drawn into the cousin's absence and the family's disturbing behavior. It sharply depicts domestic unease through a child's eyes.
The quiet of a relative's house slowly becomes abnormal through a boy's eyes.
174 pages
domestic horrorchild viewpointdisappearanceunease
A horror novel whose title evokes the lore of burial grounds and funerary figures. It handles the dead, burial, and the memory of place with the texture of a ghost story.
The memory of a place shaped by the dead quietly unsettles everyday life.
279 pages
ghost storythe deadmemory of placefolklore