眼球達磨式
Winner of the 58th Bungeisho Award, the story follows 'he' as he acquires a small mobile surveillance camera and races through the city, forcing ordinary scenes to appear alien through a machine's eye. The premise reassembles the world from an extremely small point of view, creating both lightness and unease at once.
Work Information
A pair of eyes just a few centimeters above the ground changes the city's outline.
Published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha as the winner of the 58th Bungeisho Award, this standalone book follows a small mobile surveillance camera called AI as body sense and machine vision drift apart. Its defining feature is the idea of rebuilding an ordinary urban landscape from an extremely tiny point of view.
Review Summaries
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Its unusual premise and ground-level perspective leave a strong impression. Some readers enjoy the story's strange texture and atmosphere, while others find it distinctly polarizing.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 河出書房新社
- Published
- 2022-03-11
- Pages
- 108 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- Size
- 13.1 x 1.5 x 19.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9784309030135
- ISBN-10
- 4309030130
- Price
- 1540 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/文芸作品/日本文学
無為な日々を過ごす「彼」は、移動式の監視カメラ「アイ」を手に入れた。極小眼球型の機体で街を疾走するが、ある日、なんとアイが勝手に自走をはじめ――。第58回文藝賞受賞作。
澤大知(さわ・だいち) 1996年、神奈川県生まれ。2021年『眼球達磨式』で第58回文藝賞を受賞。同年、逝去。
Related Literary Awards
- Bungei Award Edition 58 (2021) ・award