- Akutagawa Prize 2014 (second half) · Candidate
ヌエのいた家
Nue no ita ie
“The House Where the Nue Lived” (title translated by AI)
Atsushi Koyano (小谷野敦, born 1962)
English editions
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A man looks back with loathing on his father, an ex-artisan with a screw loose, as the old man dies a wretched death, and tracing where his hatred began, he also finds things to love in him.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 124 pages in the original
- Genres
- Autofiction, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2014 by Bungeishunju
- Author's age
- 52 when first published
- ISBN
9784163902333 (original)