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Naoki Hirokoji

広小路尚祈

Born 1972 · Japan

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2011 (second half) · Candidate

    まちなか

    Machinaka

    Title translated by AI:“In Town”

    Naoki Hirokoji · 39 when first published

    Novella

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    Akutagawa 2010 (first half) · Candidate

    うちに帰ろう

    Uchi ni kaerō

    Title translated by AI:“Let's Go Home”

    Naoki Hirokoji · 38 when first published

    Novella · 158 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:A man who keeps house while his wife goes out to work handles childcare, cooking and the mothers at the park, until one day a woman he has befriended there nearly drags him into a double suicide.