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([た]1-3)感傷旅行 Tanabe Seiko Col (ポプラ文庫 た 1-3 Tanabe Seiko Collection)

Akutagawa Prize

([た]1-3)感傷旅行 Tanabe Seiko Col (ポプラ文庫 た 1-3 Tanabe Seiko Collection)

Seiko Tanabe

This romantic short story follows Yuiko, wounded by an unfulfilled love, as she travels with her friend Hiroshi. Light conversation and the movement of travel are layered with heartbreak, self-deflection, and Kansai-inflected humor.

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Work Information

Even on the road, heartbreak does not disappear; behind the humor, Yuiko's sentiment trembles faintly.

"Kansho Ryoko (Sentimental Journey)" won the Akutagawa Prize for Seiko Tanabe. Collected as the title story of Poplar Bunko's Tanabe Seiko Collection 3, it portrays a woman's unsettled heart after failed love through dry humor and the rhythm of Osaka speech.

Review Summaries

  • Readers value the way the story refuses to trap romantic pain in heaviness, carrying it instead through lively dialogue and appealing characters. Many respond to the gap between the bright title and the bitterness beneath it.

Book Information

Publisher
ポプラ社
Published
2009-02-02
Pages
217 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784591108352
ISBN-10
459110835X
Price
585 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論/文芸作品/日本文学

恋人との甘い旅、誰かを忘れるための旅――さまざまな「旅」を集めた、傑作短篇集。【巻末・田辺聖子インタビュー】

Reviews

  • 好きな作家

    良い作品だと思います。

  • 女心は、何十年たっても変わらない

    当時の様子が良くわかり、面白かった。

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