- Akutagawa Prize 2003 (second half) · Candidate
生まれる森
Umareru mori
“The Forest Being Born” (title translated by AI)
Rio Shimamoto (島本理生, born 1983)
English editions
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Badly hurt by a love affair, a young woman borrows a university friend's flat for the summer holidays, and a reunion with her high-school friend Kiku-chan, and with Kiku's father and brothers, slowly begins to heal her.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 165 pages in the original
- Genres
- Love, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2003 by Kodansha
- Author's age
- 20 when first published
- ISBN
9784062122061 (original)