- Akutagawa Prize 2021 (second half) · Candidate
我が友、スミス
Waga tomo, Sumisu
“My Friend, Smith” (title translated by AI)
Kaho Ishida (石田夏穂, born 1991)
English editions
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U-no works in an office and lifts weights on her own at her gym, wanting to turn into a different kind of creature. When O-shima, a fellow member, suggests she compete in bodybuilding, she takes up real training and dieting, only to learn that winning will also mean working on her 'femininity'. Her body responds, but colleagues assume she is slimming for a boyfriend, and her mother begs her not to get too muscly.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 139 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2021 by Shueisha
- Author's age
- 30 when first published
- ISBN
9784087717884 (original)