Akutagawa 2006 (first half) · Winner
八月の路上に捨てる
Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru
Title translated by AI:“Thrown Away on an August Street”
Takami Ito · 35 when first published
Novella · 122 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:On a sweltering August day, Atsushi, whose divorce takes effect when he turns thirty, recounts the collapse of his marriage to his workmate Ms Mizuki as their truck makes the rounds of vending machines.