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Edition 33 (2020)

Popular literatureHistorical fiction

Winners

5 people
Kazuma Hayami はやみ かずま award

A novel about an accountant drawn into the world of horse racing and into one family's dream, tracing the time bound together by people and horses.

ザ・ロイヤルファミリー is a representative award-recognized work by 早見和真.

504 pages
horse racingfamilyinheritance
Haruna Terachi てらち はるな nominee

An ensemble novel in which the disappearance of a town mascot draws together the pain and fragile hopes of people living in a local city.

夜が暗いとはかぎらない is a representative award-recognized work by 寺地はるな.

319 pages
town lifehopehelping others
Riichi Akamatsu あかまつ りいち nominee

A stark novel that brings Akamatsu Riichi's severe style to the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the violence embedded in family ties.

ボダ子 is a representative award-recognized work by 赤松利市.

336 pages
earthquake aftermathfamilyborderline states
Usami Makoto うさみ まこと nominee

A suspenseful novel that gathers the voices of people cornered by family and society around the image of an observation tower.

展望塔のラプンツェル is a representative award-recognized work by 宇佐美まこと.

336 pages
familyabuserescue
Yuko Yuzuki ゆづき ゆうこ nominee

A police novel in the Lone Wolf's Blood series, charged with the conflict between Hiroshima's underworld and the detectives who confront it.

暴虎の牙 is a representative award-recognized work by 柚月裕子.

504 pages
policeorganized crimeHiroshima