- Akutagawa Prize 2010 (second half) · Winner
きことわ
Kikotowa
Mariko Asabuki (朝吹真理子, born 1984)
English editions
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Towako dreams; Kiko does not. As girls they spent holidays in a seaside house on the hills at Hayama, and their friendship broke off one summer without warning. A quarter of a century on, the house is to come down and the two women meet once more. Their recollections fit and then diverge; memory tangles, times blend, waking and dreaming merge, until the borders fade and language itself loosens.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 141 pages in the original
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2010 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 26 when first published
- ISBN
9784103284628 (original)