- Akutagawa Prize 2016 (first half) · Candidate
短冊流し
Tanzaku nagashi
“Floating Wishes Downstream” (title translated by AI)
Hiroki Takahashi (高橋弘希, born 1979)
English editions
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His wife has walked out over his affair, taking only their baby, and while a divorce is pending a man lives alone with their elder girl, aged five. Without warning the child is struck by a brain illness and sinks into a coma. He tells of the days at her side, unable to help, while the absent mother stays at the edge of the story.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 139 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2016 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 37 when first published
- ISBN
9784103370734 (original)