Kotoba-to Newcomer Award ことばとしんじんしょう
Edition 1 (2020)
Novel
Winners
2 people
金名サメリ
honorable mention
Michijunē is a short story by Sameri Kinna that addresses the history of harms associated with U.S. military bases in Okinawa and the ways social structures wound individual lives.
Okinawan ghosts appearing in Fukushima are led home through eisa dancing.
328 pages
OkinawaU.S. military basesFukushimaeisa danceghosts
Nokotte Kakusan Suru Hibiki is a short story by Taro Nagai. Its narration moves across time, life, and death, bringing together the people, landscape, and history of a particular place.
Landscape and memory converge in a narrative that moves beyond time.
328 pages
placememoryhistorytime