- Akutagawa Prize 2003 (second half) · Candidate
ぐるぐるまわるすべり台
Guruguru mawaru suberidai
“The Spiral Slide” (title translated by AI)
Ko Nakamura (中村航, born 1969)
English editions
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A young man who has dropped out of university and teaches at a cram school puts out a call for a band, signing it with the name of one of his pupils and asking for people who are both hot and cool, dumb and clever. A crew of rockers answers. In Nakahama, who wants to sing, he sees a second self, and something starts to take shape. A second story is included.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 185 pages in the original
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2003 by Bungeishunju
- Author's age
- 34 when first published
- ISBN
9784163230009 (original)