A novel in which the feeling of taking the wrong direction on a journey lets memory and the present quietly overlap.

Change direction and the time you see also changes.

"マジックミラー" is a 受賞 work from the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award 2021-1. It stands out for its distinctive premise and atmosphere.

A 受賞 work from Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award 2021-1.

A Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award-winning story collected in Kazushi Hosaka's Hallelujah. Around the funeral of a deceased friend, it brings forth not only loss but also the joy and sense of place once shared.

During the time of a funeral, being here overlaps with memories that belong elsewhere.

Mojika is a linked short-story collection by Toh EnJoe that treats writing itself as life, institution, technology, and history. Moving through the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, unknown language games, programming, artificial intelligence, and unified characters, it unfolds a speculative vision of writing from its origins to its future.

This intellectually playful linked collection asks how history and the future might be rewritten if characters were alive.

生鮮てるてる坊主 is a work by 山田詠美 recognized in this award edition. Award records, public bibliographic data, and retail bibliographies were checked, with standalone book identifiers separated from items that could not be verified.

Bibliographic notes on the award-recognized work 生鮮てるてる坊主.

The title story of Tatsuhiro Oshiro's collection, layering old age, daily life, and memory. His wife's hospitalization brings the time he has lived in Okinawa, family ties, and memories of literary companions into the present.

From the everyday life of old age, the memories of a writer rooted in Okinawa quietly emerge.

すっぽん心中 is a work by 戌井昭人, recorded here as a 受賞 selection. The entry summarizes the award context and bibliographic findings in a form suitable for a work profile.

A concise profile of すっぽん心中 by 戌井昭人, including award and bibliographic context.

A quiet short story about a retired man returning to his hometown and encountering a turtle. Against the atmosphere of a noodle factory and a seaside town, it depicts aging and the start of a new life with gentle humor.

Verified prize-work information is organized for bibliographic use.

This collection includes the title story, in which lives cross in an airport arrivals lobby, and other pieces that delicately capture loneliness, memory, and relationships held at a distance. Within ordinary textures, it reveals both the difficulty and warmth of connection.

In brief moments when different lives cross, loneliness and warmth rise at the same time.

A short story by Setsuko Tsumura set against the time after a husband's death, depicting regret, memory, and the feeling of aging in the collection Henro-michi.

In the time after loss, regret and memory quietly overlap.

トモスイ is a prize-recognized literary work built around urgent subject matter and a prose texture designed to leave a clear impression on readers.

トモスイ is a prize-recognized work by 髙樹のぶ子.

かけら is a work by 青山七恵. 父と娘の日帰り旅行をきっかけに、家族の中に潜む見知らぬ顔を浮かび上がらせる短編小説。何気ない時間のずれから、親しい人への違和感が静かに広がる。

かけら presents 青山七恵's literary concerns through a compact and memorable form.

'海松' is a winning work of the 川端康成文学賞 by Mayumi Inaba.

'海松' is a winning work of the 川端康成文学賞 by Mayumi Inaba.

'蛹' is a winning work of the 川端康成文学賞 by Shinya Tanaka.

'蛹' is a winning work of the 川端康成文学賞 by Shinya Tanaka.

タタド is a 短編集 by 小池昌代. The work develops its subject through a focused narrative voice and leaves room for readers to consider the emotions and social questions behind the story.

A focused 短編集 that follows the pressure points hidden in everyday life and memory.

Rock Mother is a short story collection by Mitsuyo Kakuta. The title story portrays mother and daughter, family memory, and provincial claustrophobia alongside the sound of rock music. Across the collection, unease and loneliness embedded in ordinary life emerge sharply.

A short story collection that layers family memory and everyday unease with the sound of rock.

A story collection whose title piece follows a man who uses South Sea magic, knowing disaster may follow, to fulfill an aging star pitcher’s wish. Real events and fiction intertwine to create stories with an uncanny texture.

The desire for a miracle lights a blue flame alongside the premonition of disaster.

A short story about trapped relationships and emotional stasis, written with dry humor and sharp observation. The distance between people remains unresolved and memorable.

A short story about trapped relationships and emotional stasis, written with dry humor and sharp observation.

スタンス・ドット is a fictional work by 堀江敏幸. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title スタンス・ドット conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

吾妹子哀し is a fictional work by 青山光二. As the award-recognized work, it builds its appeal around the images and human movement suggested by the title, giving even a compact form a sense of layered time.

The title 吾妹子哀し conveys the atmosphere and tension at the center of the work.

半所有者 is an award-recognized work by 河野多惠子. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

半所有者 presents the literary world of 河野多惠子 as an award-recognized work.

権現の踊り子 is an award-recognized work by 町田康. It uses the impression carried by its title as an entry point into the movement of people and the atmosphere around them.

権現の踊り子 presents the literary world of 町田康 as an award-recognized work.

武蔵丸 is a work by 車谷長吉 recognized by the 川端康成文学賞. It is introduced here as the prize-winning work itself, with the available publication data checked against Japanese bibliographic sources.

武蔵丸 brought wider attention to 車谷長吉's writing through its prize recognition.

雨のち雨？ is 作品 by 岩阪恵子. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 岩阪恵子's literary expression.

魂込め is 作品 by 目取真俊. It is presented here as the award-recognized work.

The work offers a way into 目取真俊's literary expression.

望潮 is a work by 村田喜代子 and a title recognized in the context of its literary award. It can be read as a work that develops its themes through the motives suggested by the title, the characters' actions, and the atmosphere around them.

望潮 leaves readers with the central concerns for which the work was recognized.

台所 is a work by 坂上 弘 associated with the 川端康成文学賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 川端康成文学賞, 台所 draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

『アボジ』を踏む is a work by 小田 実 associated with the 川端康成文学賞. It was recognized in a literary award context and is presented as a work centered on the concerns suggested by its title.

Recognized by the 川端康成文学賞, 『アボジ』を踏む draws readers in through the impression created by its title.

赤い満月 is a work by 大庭みな子.

赤い満月, a work by 大庭みな子.

みのむし is a prize-recognized work that draws readers through its central subject, characters, and the texture of its period or setting.

みのむし carries the distinctive qualities that made it a prize-recognized work.

セミの追憶 by 古山高麗雄 is a work recognized by kawabata-yasunari-literary-award. No standalone book identifiers were confirmed, so the entry focuses on the work itself.

An introduction to セミの追憶 by 古山高麗雄 in its award context.

犬（影について・その一） is a literary work by 司修. It was honored by the 川端康成文学賞 and presents the writer's concerns and style in a focused form.

A useful entry point into 司修's work.

Osonae is an unsettling short story in which the boundary of ordinary life suddenly wavers and a person is drawn into the force of custom and surrounding gazes. With Tomoko Yoshida's dry precision, it depicts the otherworldly quality hidden in the act of offering and the moment when the outlines of the self begin to dissolve.

A calm everyday world slips toward the uncanny through the small act of making an offering.

A short story in which Shotaro Yasuoka quietly explores family history and aging through memories surrounding an uncle’s death and grave. Its retelling of the past carries both distance in time and subtle emotional shading.

Memories around a grave quietly summon the time of a family.

じねんじょ is a literary work by 三浦哲郎. It presents character, atmosphere, and social context through fiction or criticism.

じねんじょ is an important work for reading 三浦哲郎's expression in the context of 川端康成文学賞.

Umi ni Yuragu Ito is a short story collection by Minako Oba, centered on the work that received the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize and containing seven pieces. Its poetic prose traces afterimages of time flowing over the author and her friends.

Memory and time overlap with the movement of the sea, emerging as a group of poetic short stories.

Yoppadani e no Koka is Yasutaka Tsutsui's self-selected fantasy collection, including the work that received the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize. The title story leads readers into a dreamlike otherworld through the fantastic image of descending through milky webs spun by Yoppa spiders.

The fantasy of descending through milky spider webs opens a distinctly Tsutsui-like otherworld.

祝婚 by 上田三四二 is a literary work that follows memory, relationships, and the shadows cast by time. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

祝婚 layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

樹影譚 by 丸谷才一 is a literary work that follows memory, relationships, and the shadows cast by time. As an award-winning work, it is framed around the concerns suggested by its title and leaves a quiet afterimage for the reader.

樹影譚 layers people, time, and place behind the force of its compact title.

中山坂 is a fiction by 古井由吉. It can be read through the themes and narrative texture recognized at the time of the award, where people, places, and events come together.

中山坂 links the scene suggested by its title with the author's concerns, retaining the shape of an award-winning work.

海道東征 is a fiction by 阪田寛夫. It can be read through the themes and narrative texture recognized at the time of the award, where people, places, and events come together.

海道東征 links the scene suggested by its title with the author's concerns, retaining the shape of an award-winning work.

The title story of a collection by Kunio Ogawa. Beginning with bright encounters during a walk, the killing of a goose in a pond leads the narrator toward thoughts about the darker passions hidden in human hearts.

The freshness of casual encounters suddenly turns toward the darker side of the human heart.

恋う is a 短編小説 recognized in 1985. The work is introduced here through bibliographic confirmation and a concise account of its subject and literary character.

A work whose shape can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

辻火 is a 短編小説 recognized in 1985. The work is introduced here through bibliographic confirmation and a concise account of its subject and literary character.

A work whose shape can be traced through award records and bibliographic sources.

“河馬に嚙まれる” is a literary work by 大江健三郎. As a prize-winning work, it conveys the author's concerns and distinctive expression.

An entry point into 大江健三郎's literary world through the prize-winning work “河馬に嚙まれる.”

“三界の家” is a literary work by 林京子. As a prize-winning work, it conveys the author's concerns and distinctive expression.

An entry point into 林京子's literary world through the prize-winning work “三界の家.”

"湾内の入江で" is recorded as an award-winning work for kawabata-yasunari-literary-award. This entry is prepared from the award record, while book identifiers are left blank because no independently confirmed public bibliographic record has been verified here.

湾内の入江で. Recorded in the award data, this work serves as a starting point for bibliographic verification.

"黙市" is recorded as an award-winning work for kawabata-yasunari-literary-award. This entry is prepared from the award record, while book identifiers are left blank because no independently confirmed public bibliographic record has been verified here.

黙市. Recorded in the award data, this work serves as a starting point for bibliographic verification.

百 by 色川武大 is an award-winning work whose publication context and genre are identified from the award entry.

百 is one of the works associated with 色川武大's award record.

兵隊宿 by 竹西寛子 is an award-winning work whose publication context and genre are identified from the award entry.

兵隊宿 is one of the works associated with 竹西寛子's award record.

"Naginoha-ko" is a short story in which a man revisits the memory of a woman he met during a journey in 1936, returning to that place forty years later. Through a restrained I-novel style, it layers memories of the pleasure quarters, aging, and the distance created by time, and it received the 7th Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award.

A short story that returns to the depths of memory in Wakayama and Osaka while tracing one night from forty years earlier.

玉、砕ける is a literary work by 開高健, drawing the outlines of relationships and society by layering personal experience with the atmosphere of its time. Its prize record suggests recognition for the seriousness of its subject and the steadiness of its prose.

Personal memory and the atmosphere of an era overlap to form the outline of a quiet story.

雪女 is a literary work by 和田芳恵, drawing the outlines of relationships and society by layering personal experience with the atmosphere of its time. Its prize record suggests recognition for the seriousness of its subject and the steadiness of its prose.

Personal memory and the atmosphere of an era overlap to form the outline of a quiet story.

This short story follows a narrator visiting Teradomari in Echigo, observing a snowy town and its people. With an interest in Ryokan in the background, it portrays the atmosphere of place and human solitude encountered during travel with Tsutomu Mizukami's characteristic sense of climate and locality.

In snowy Teradomari, the traveler's eye gathers the solitude of place and the work of human lives.

Centered on an aging rakugo performer, this short story draws on the feeling of the rakugo piece Tachikire while dryly depicting relationships, aging, death, and the end of performance. It turns sentimental romance into a modern coldness.

Drawing on a rakugo love story, it coolly depicts aging and the end of an art.

Ineko Sata's autobiographical linked stories trace the memory of a writer who lived through prewar, wartime, and postwar Japan in prose marked by pain and clarity. The chapter around Tsurujio Kubokawa's death was recognized by the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize.

A clear gaze lifts memories sunk in the distortions of time.

Aki is a short story by Tatsuo Nagai, written in a restrained style that evokes late-life feeling and seasonal change. As an early Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award winner, it was valued for the condensed quietness of short fiction.

A short story that places the deepening of human time within the season of autumn.

ブロンズの首 is a literary work by 上林暁. Recognized in 1974, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

ブロンズの首 captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.