- Akutagawa Prize 2005 (second half) · Candidate
どうで死ぬ身の一踊り
Dōde shinu mi no hitoodori
“One Dance for a Body Bound to Die” (title translated by AI)
Kenta Nishimura (西村賢太, born 1967)
English editions
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A man has found something to hold on to in Seizo Fujisawa, a novelist of the 1920s who wrote about grinding poverty, won praise, lived wildly and died in misery. Seeing his own life in that one, he calls himself Fujisawa's disciple after death, keeps watch over his grave, hunts down every scrap of his writing and puts everything into a plan for a complete edition. At home, meanwhile, he lashes out at his live-in girlfriend, in days of reckless, unrepentant defiance. Two early pieces are included.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 211 pages in the original
- Genres
- Autofiction (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2005 by Kodansha
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
9784062133067 (original)