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Shimasei Romance Literary Award しまきよれんあいぶんがくしょう

Edition 20 (2013)

Romance novelsRomance fiction

Winners

2 people
Mariko Hayashi はやし まりこ award

A medical romance centered on Saeki Shihoko, a physician working on the front lines of infectious disease for an international organization. Professionally composed and formidable, she reveals a freer and more vulnerable self in love.

Named for the god of medicine, the story traces the borders between life and desire, work and love.

361 pages
medicineromanceinfectious diseaseindependent womenmother and daughter
Chihaya Akane ちはや あかね award

A linked collection portraying men and women who continue living with emotional wounds. It quietly follows the lasting traces left by relationships that form and break under the name of love.

This collection follows the ache and warmth that remain after contact with another person, in lucid prose.

186 pages
lovelossmemoryrelationshipslinked stories