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Yosan Hotakawa

穂田川洋山

Born 1975 · Japan

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2010 (first half) · Candidate

    自由高さH

    Jiyū takasa H

    Title translated by AI:“Free Height H”

    Yosan Hotakawa · 35 when first published

    Novella · 110 pages

    AI-generated summary:In an abandoned spring factory in eastern Tokyo, a man sands timber and brushes it with persimmon tannin, while the old landlord, whose family firm prospered on stubbornness, and other visitors drift in and out, their lives slowly linking through the building.

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2010 (second half) · Candidate

    あぶらびれ

    Aburabire

    Title translated by AI:“Adipose Fin”

    Yosan Hotakawa · 35 when first published

    Novel