Rie Qudan

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• 東京都同情塔

  In English

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  Akutagawa 2023 (second half) · ★ Winner

  Sympathy Tower Tokyo

  東京都同情塔 · Tōkyōto dōjōtō

  Rie Qudan · 33 when first published

  Novel · 224 pages · Speculative, Satire

  AIAI-generated summary:In an alternative Japan where Zaha Hadid's national stadium was built and tolerance has become dogma, the architect Sara Makina, who cannot bring herself to be lenient toward criminals, competes to design Sympathy Tower Tokyo, a new high-rise prison for 'people deserving sympathy'.

• Schoolgirl

  In English

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  Akutagawa 2021 (second half) · Candidate

  Schoolgirl

  Schoolgirl

  Rie Qudan · 31 when first published

  Novella · 212 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:A mother whose fourteen-year-old daughter, an eager social-issues YouTuber, pities her as 'a poor woman whose mind has been invaded by novels' is baffled when the girl's latest video turns out to be about Osamu Dazai's story 'Schoolgirl'.