Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award かわばたやすなりぶんがくしょう
Edition 18 (1991)
Short story
Winners
1 peopleA 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.
205 pages
short fictionfamily historymemoryagingThird Generation writer