- Akutagawa Prize 2015 (second half) · Candidate
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“Homeward” (title translated by AI)
Sen Ishida (石田千, born 1968)
English editions
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Shin, or Shintaro, a graduate sculpture student at a Tokyo art school, grew up on the Japan Sea coast with his mother and the man she lives with unmarried, whom he calls Grandpa, while staying close to Rin-san, his real father, an islander. The family holds its unusual arrangement in calm balance, until Shintaro begins to consider going overseas to train as a sculptor, and small cracks open.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 197 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2015 by Kodansha
- Author's age
- 47 when first published
- ISBN
9784062197342 (original)