古市憲寿
Born 1985 · Japan
Akutagawa 2019 (first half) · Candidate
Hyaku no yoru wa hanete
Title translated by AI:“A Hundred Nights Leap”
Noritoshi Furuichi · 34 when first published
Novel · 185 pages
AI-generated summary:A young man who cleans the windows of skyscrapers, listening to a voice in his head that says inequality runs sideways too, not just up and down, one day meets the eyes of an old woman behind the glass.
Akutagawa 2018 (second half) · Candidate
Heisei-kun, sayōnara
Title translated by AI:“Goodbye, Heisei-kun”
Noritoshi Furuichi · 33 when first published
Novel · 187 pages · Satire, Love
AI-generated summary:In a Japan where assisted death is legal, Heisei-kun, a cool, rational young man hailed in the press as the embodiment of the Heisei era and averse to physical intimacy, announces to his girlfriend Ai his wish to die when the era closes.