Lit in Translation

Shiro Maeda

前田司郎

Born 1977 · Japan

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2017 (second half) · Candidate

    愛が挟み撃ち

    Ai ga hasamiuchi

    Title translated by AI:“Love in a Pincer”

    Shiro Maeda · 40 when first published

    Novel · 187 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Married six years, Kyoko, thirty-six, and Shunsuke, nearly forty, cannot have a child, and Shunsuke, who doubts that love exists but cannot let go of the idea of Kyoko becoming a mother, proposes a startling solution involving a second man.

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2007 (first half) · Candidate

    グレート生活アドベンチャー

    Gurēto seikatsu adobenchā

    Title translated by AI:“Great Life Adventure”

    Shiro Maeda · 30 when first published

    Novella · 157 pages

    AI-generated summary:A jobless thirty-year-old who has moved in with Kanako, a supermarket cashier on the edge of Tokyo, spends his days levelling up in a video game and wondering whether he should really go on and defeat the Demon King.