Subaru Literary Award すばるぶんがくしょう
Edition 22 (1998)
Pure literatureNewcomers award
Winners
1 peopleKana can be intimate with men but cannot love them. While carrying feelings for her younger friend Rumi, she finds comfort in her relationship with Oda, a middle-aged architect. Rumi's absence intensifies Kana's hidden desire and her hesitation about love.
A love story about Kana, caught between fear of love and desire.
208 pages
same-sex desiredesirelovewomen's independenceintimacyloneliness