Naoki Sanjugo Award なおきさんじゅうごしょう
Edition 158 (2017, held 2 times in year)
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1 peopleA biographical novel about Kenji Miyazawa told from the perspective of his father, Masajiro. Centering on a father who tries to be stern yet cannot stop supporting the son who turns away from the family business toward literature, it traces family life alongside the birth of a writer.
A father watches the son who will become a genius with awkward, enduring love.
408 pages
Kenji Miyazawaparent and childfamilybiographical fictioncreative life