舞城王太郎
Born 1973 · Japan
Akutagawa 2012 (first half) · Candidate
Tanpen gobōsei
Title translated by AI:“A Pentagram of Stories”
Otaro Maijo · 39 when first published
Short stories · 187 pages
AI-generated summary:Five stories, among them one about a man of twenty-seven who suddenly becomes obsessed with miscarriage and rages at how often babies die for no reason.
Akutagawa 2012 (second half) · Candidate
Oishii shawāheddo
Title translated by AI:“The Delicious Showerhead”
Otaro Maijo · 39 when first published
Novella · 445 pages
Akutagawa 2009 (second half) · Candidate
Bitchi magunetto
Otaro Maijo · 36 when first published
Novel · 206 pages · Family, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:Kaori and her younger brother Tomonori share everything; their father has walked out to live with his lover Hana, their mother is sinking, and then Tomonori's girlfriend Akari Miwa arrives to rock their fragile balance.
Akutagawa 2004 (first half) · Candidate
Suki suki daisuki chō aishiteru
Title translated by AI:“Love You, Love You, Love You So Much”
Otaro Maijo · 31 when first published
Novel · 274 pages · Love, Speculative
AI-generated summary:A novelist writes about his love for Kakio, his girlfriend who has died, in sections that alternate with unrelated, science-fiction love stories, in a novel about love and about writing fiction.