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Tanizaki Junichiro Award たにざきじゅんいちろうしょう

Edition 29 (1993)

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Natsuki Ikezawa いけざわ なつき award

Set in the South Sea island nation of Navidad, this novel follows President Matias Guili and the mysterious disappearance of a Japanese memorial delegation. Political satire, ghost story, and adventure merge into a mythic narrative.

Rumors and spiritual forces on a southern island shake the world held in a dictator's hands.

632 pages
fictional South Sea nationpower and mythpolitical satire