Subaru Literary Award すばるぶんがくしょう
Edition 11 (1987)
Pure literatureNewcomers award
Winners
2 peopleA coming-of-age novel centered on an awkward high school boy and his withdrawn, gifted brother, tracing the strained dynamics within their family. It was published as the winner of the 11th Subaru Literary Award.
The closer a family feels, the easier it is for a heart at the crossroads to waver.
159 pages
familyyouthsiblingsclaustrophobiaaward-winning fiction
A novel about a young woman whose loneliness and anxiety deepen as she struggles with her relationship with her mother and a drifting romance, and turns to compulsive eating. It was published as the winner of the 11th Subaru Literary Award.
An unfulfilled heart leads into an endless dawn of eating.
157 pages
eating disorderlonelinessfamilyyouthfemale interiority