- Akutagawa Prize 2014 (second half) · Candidate
Finger Bone
指の骨 · Yubi no hone
Hiroki Takahashi (高橋弘希, born 1979)
Translated by Takami Nieda
English editions
In EnglishFinger Bone
Honford Star · United Kingdom · 2023 · Paperback · 123 pages
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Wounded on a southern front in the Pacific War, a young soldier is taken to a makeshift field hospital on an island where heavy fighting has raged. Life there feels like a gap in the war. He bargains with islanders for scarce food and keeps one of the bones from the hand of Sanada, a comrade killed by disease. Men around him waste away and rot without ever fighting anyone, and he keeps telling himself that this is war as well.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 122 pages in the original
- Genres
- War, Historical (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2014 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 35 when first published
- ISBN
9784103370710 (original)
9781739822590 (Honford Star, United Kingdom)