Shimasei Romance Literary Award しまきよれんあいぶんがくしょう
Edition 12 (2005)
Winners
3 peopleA novel about a man and woman powerfully drawn to one another, portraying not only the happiness of love but also attachment, loneliness, and the pain of choosing. Direct emotional movement, characteristic of Rui Kotemari's romance fiction, is at its center.
Behind the desire to be loved, the loneliness and resolve of romance come into view.
A youth romance centered on a young man who works selling stones, tracing encounters and the tremors of love. The tactile presence of stones is set against the weight of feelings that are hard to put into words.
Like a stone in the palm, the feeling of love remains with its own weight.
A romance novel that continues Tenshi no Tamago. Through the relationship between university student Shinichi and the older Natsuki, it depicts the uncertainty of people carrying loss as they come to need someone again.
Carrying the shadow of what was lost, the two begin walking toward a new light.