Japanese Literary Awards

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Shosetsu Subaru Newcomer Award しょうせつすばるしんじんしょう

Edition 3 (1990)

NovelsNewcomer award

Winners

1 people
Setsuko Shinoda しのだ せつこ award

A prize-winning novel about a shimmering silk-like material and the fear and obsession surrounding biotechnology. Its vivid imagery asks where the boundary lies between technology and life.

A rainbow sheen over silk quietly distorts Hasu’s vision and desire.

200 pages
biotechnologyfearobsessionthe bodyaward winner