- Akutagawa Prize 2001 (first half) · Winner
中陰の花
Chūin no hana
“Flower of the In-Between” (title translated by AI)
Sokyu Genyu (玄侑宗久, born 1956)
English editions
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Ume, an elderly medium consulted by her neighbours, passes away on the date she had foretold. As the priest of the local Zen temple carries out the memorial services, his wife picks up signs of Ume around them, a strange light, a weight pressing on his back, and finally confides a feeling of her own. Chūin, the Buddhist threshold a soul crosses after death, frames the couple's questions about dying and about how they stand with each other.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 173 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2001 by Bungeishunju
- Author's age
- 45 when first published
- ISBN
9784163205007 (original)