- Akutagawa Prize 2005 (first half) · Winner
The Boy in the Earth
土の中の子供 · Tsuchi no naka no kodomo
Fuminori Nakamura (中村文則, born 1977)
Translated by Allison Markin Powell
English editions
In EnglishThe Boy in the Earth
Soho Crime · United States · 2017 · 147 pages
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A taxi driver of twenty-seven was left by his parents and grew up as an orphan who was beaten day after day, and the memory still has a hold on him. He keeps being drawn into situations where he gets hurt, as though he cannot keep a sane distance from his own life. Bitter about the years behind him, he searches the darkest parts of a mind bent by violence for whatever it is that still makes him want to live.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 140 pages in the original
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2005 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 28 when first published
- ISBN
9784104588046 (original)
9781616955946 (Soho Crime, United States)