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Yuko Hojo

北条裕子

Born 1985 · Japan

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    Akutagawa 2018 (first half) · Candidate

    美しい顔

    Utsukushii kao

    Title translated by AI:“A Beautiful Face”

    Yuko Hojo · 33 when first published

    Novel · 152 pages

    AI-generated summary:After a catastrophe of unheard-of scale, Sanae, a schoolgirl staying in a shelter with her little brother, is oddly elated by the swarm of reporters, though a place she must eventually go back to is waiting.