Lit in Translation

Yukiko Matsui

松井雪子

Born 1967 · Japan

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2005 (first half) · Candidate

    恋蜘蛛

    Koigumo

    Title translated by AI:“Love Spider”

    Yukiko Matsui · 38 when first published

    Novella · 169 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Chieko, who sews at a factory that makes mascot costumes, falls for 'Machine-Gun Koji', a young embroidery virtuoso, and throws herself into a love in which she means to snare him and gets snared herself.

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    Akutagawa 2004 (first half) · Candidate

    日曜農園

    Nichiyō nōen

    Title translated by AI:“Sunday Farm”

    Yukiko Matsui · 37 when first published

    Novella · 123 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:When her father vanishes, leaving behind only a vegetable plot and a website, Moe goes to stand in his garden to search for him.

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    Akutagawa 2002 (second half) · Candidate

    イエロー

    Ierō

    Yukiko Matsui · 35 when first published

    Novella · 166 pages

    AI-generated summary:Yukie sells cosmetics at a counter in a station mall, where a run of strange customers come to see her.