Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award
もってのほか
In the short story "Akai Mangetsu" ("Red Full Moon"), the narrator retraces a long relationship with a male relative, Ichisan, through passages from his letters. The memories called forth by the correspondence illuminate how human ties change across time.
lettersmemoryfamily relationshipsthe passage of time
Work Information
A short story in which a relative's letters quietly unravel memories of a relationship stretched across many years.
"Akai Mangetsu" ("Red Full Moon") is a short story by Minako Ōba, collected in the 1995 story collection Motte no Hoka. Through the form of letters, it layers exchanges with a relative and memories of the past, evoking the texture of a relationship that endures across distance and time.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 中央公論新社
- Published
- 1995-03-01
- Pages
- 249 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784120024146
- ISBN-10
- 4120024148
- Price
- 1000 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/文芸作品/日本文学
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