Murasaki Shikibu Literary Award むらさきしきぶんがくしょう
Edition 2 (1992)
Winners
1 peopleA love story about Shoko, who depends on alcohol, and Mutsuki, who has a male lover, as they marry and face social expectations and the shape of their own relationship. The fragile distance among three people is rendered in clear prose.
Three people who fall outside ordinary expectations keep searching for a form of love.
213 pages
lovemarriagediverse relationshipsloneliness