Lit in Translation

Kujira Sakisaka

向坂くじら

Born 1994 · Japan

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2025 (first half) · Candidate

    踊れ、愛より痛いほうへ

    Odore, ai yori itai hō e

    Title translated by AI:“Dance Toward What Hurts More Than Love”

    Kujira Sakisaka · 31 when first published

    Novel · 129 pages

    AI-generated summary:Anno, who 'cracks' whenever things don't make sense to her, distrusts love.

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2024 (first half) · Candidate

    いなくなくならなくならないで

    Inaku naku naranaku naranaide

    Title translated by AI:“Don't Not Not Go Away”

    Kujira Sakisaka · 30 when first published

    Novel · 161 pages

    AI-generated summary:Tokiko is overjoyed when her best friend Asahi, whom she believed dead, phones her out of the blue after four years, but when Asahi, who says she has no address, comes to stay, she gradually settles into the house for good.