- Akutagawa Prize 2013 (second half) · Candidate
Farewell, My Orange
さようなら、オレンジ · Sayōnara, orenji
Kei Iwaki (岩城けい, born 1971)
Translated by Meredith McKinney
English editions
In EnglishFarewell, My Orange
Europa Editions · United States · 2018 · Paperback · 135 pages
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Salima fled Africa and has ended up in a small Australian country town, where her husband has left her. She cuts meat at a processing plant and raises their two boys alone. Barely literate even in her first language, she starts English classes at a training college and meets a Japanese woman she calls Hedgehog, who followed her husband to Australia and has all but given up her dreams.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 166 pages in the original
- Genres
- Migration (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Australia
- First published
- 2013 by Chikumashobo
- Author's age
- 42 when first published
- ISBN
9784480804488 (original)
9781609454784 (Europa Editions, United States)