- Akutagawa Prize 2018 (first half) · Candidate
もう「はい」としか言えない
Mō 'hai' to shika ienai
“All I Can Say Now Is Yes” (title translated by AI)
Suzuki Matsuo (松尾スズキ, born 1962)
English editions
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Goro Kaiba's two-year affair has come to light, and he does not want to lose his wife: he has been married once before and cannot face living alone again. Down on his knees before her, he accepts her terms in full, giving up the flat he works in and agreeing to sex every day, though he has little appetite for it. Six stifling months later he hears that a French organisation has chosen him for an award for a handful of the world's freest spirits. It sounds shady, but it covers a flight to Paris and a week there. He hates flying and is wary of foreigners, yet seven days off from his wife's demands persuades him, and the journey turns into a bad dream.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 204 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan, France
- First published
- 2018 by Bungeishunju
- Author's age
- 56 when first published
- ISBN
9784163908588 (original)