Lit in Translation

Kei Iwaki

岩城けい

Born 1971 · Japan

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Akutagawa 2013 (second half) · Candidate

    Farewell, My Orange

    さようなら、オレンジ · Sayōnara, orenji

    Kei Iwaki · 42 when first published

    Novel · 135 pages · Migration

    AI-generated summary:In a small Australian country town, Salima, an African refugee abandoned by her husband, raises two sons while working in a meat-processing plant and starts learning English at a vocational school, where she meets a Japanese woman she calls 'Hedgehog'.