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Akutagawa 2024 (first half) · Winner
バリ山行
Bari sankō
Title translated by AI:“Off-Trail Climbing”
K Sanzo Matsunaga · 44 when first published
Novel · 161 pages · Nature
AI-generated summary:Two years after joining a firm that repairs the exteriors of old buildings, Hata, who avoids office socialising, joins colleagues on a hike up Mount Rokko, and then learns that Meka, a loner veteran seen as odd, goes 'bari' climbing, deliberately straying off the trails.