- Akutagawa Prize 2022 (second half) · Winner
この世の喜びよ
Kono yo no yorokobi yo
“O Joy of This World” (title translated by AI)
Iko Idogawa (井戸川射子, born 1987)
English editions
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A woman, addressed throughout as 'you', sells funeral wear at the local mall where she once spent whole days with her two little girls. At the food court she befriends a girl who is always hanging around there, and the friendship stirs up memories and feelings she cannot put into words. Two shorter pieces follow: a housewife spends a night alone in a show home, and a boy joins his uncle on a camping trip for fathers and sons.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 135 pages in the original
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2022 by Kodansha
- Author's age
- 35 when first published
- ISBN
9784065296837 (original)
- More
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