- Akutagawa Prize 2009 (first half) · Candidate
まずいスープ
Mazui sūpu
“Bad Soup” (title translated by AI)
Akito Inui (戌井昭人, born 1971)
English editions
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Father walks out saying he is off to the sauna and never returns, leaving a foul soup made from fish he bought at Ameyoko; Mother takes to the bottle and the narrator's family teeters toward collapse, in a plight that keeps tipping into comedy.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 191 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2009 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
9784103178217 (original)