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Yu Nagashima

長嶋有

Born 1972 · Japan

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2001 (second half) · Winner

    猛スピードで母は

    Mōsupīdo de haha wa

    Title translated by AI:“Mother at Full Speed”

    Yu Nagashima · 29 when first published

    Novella · 160 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:In a northern town under low clouds, Shin, a sixth-grader, looks on unfazed as his mother, a woman who hurls things and holds jobs she is ill-suited to, floors the accelerator and announces she may marry.

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2001 (first half) · Candidate

    サイドカーに犬

    Saidokā ni inu

    Title translated by AI:“A Dog in the Sidecar”

    Yu Nagashima · 29 when first published

    Novella · 160 pages · Family, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:After her mother walks out, ten-year-old Kaoru suddenly finds Yoko, her father's bold and stylish girlfriend, moving into the house, and the two of them build a quiet, unexpected friendship.