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Mitsuko Kizaki

木崎みつ子

Born 1990 · Japan

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    Akutagawa 2020 (second half) · Candidate

    コンジュジ

    Konjuji

    Mitsuko Kizaki · 30 when first published

    Novel · 163 pages · Coming of age, Family

    AI-generated summary:Serena, eleven, left by her mother and molested by her father, falls in love before dawn on 2 September 1993 with Rian, a legendary dead rock star she glimpses on TV, and retreats into imagined scenes with him whenever the pain becomes unbearable.