- Akutagawa Prize 2012 (first half) · Candidate
ひっ
Hi'
Akito Inui (戌井昭人, born 1971)
English editions
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In the narrator's family there is just one real grown man: his uncle Hissan, who has been a yakuza apprentice, a fugitive in Manila, a club waiter and a hit songwriter before retreating to a peninsula alone. The narrator, after a short try at working life, sinks into idle dependence at home, comes into easy money and roams India and Nepal.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 125 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2012 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 41 when first published
- ISBN
9784103178224 (original)