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少年の橋 (1963年)

Akutagawa Prize

少年の橋 (1963年)

Kiichi Goto

Set against a postwar rural landscape and the sensitivities of boyhood, this title story brings together memories of people and place. Its plain scenery quietly reveals the pain of growing up and the shadows of everyday life.

boyhoodpostwar village lifememory of placecoming of age

Work Information

Through a boy's eyes, the bridge becomes a boundary joining village life to a distant world.

Shonen no Hashi is a 1963 collection by Kiichi Goto published by Bungeishunju Shinsha. Alongside the title story it includes "Kan no Naka" and "Mura no Hidamari," portraying the subtle emotions of children and adults in a postwar local community with quiet control.

Review Summaries

  • Long preserved as an Akutagawa Prize-winning volume, the book is valued for combining everyday texture with lyric restraint. It is best suited to readers who respond to silence, atmosphere, and place rather than dramatic incident.

Book Information

Publisher
文藝春秋新社
Price
1034 JPY
Category
本/古書/文学/日本文学

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