- Akutagawa Prize 2015 (second half) · Candidate
異郷の友人
Ikyō no yūjin
“A Friend in a Foreign Land” (title translated by AI)
Takahiro Ueda (上田岳弘, born 1979)
English editions
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On Awaji Island, where the gods Izanagi and Izanami are said to have made Japan, a new sect has gathered followers since it foretold the Kobe earthquake, and its leader now calls for a new creation. Brilliant hackers arrive from California to meet him, their aims unclear, watched by a narrator who sees all yet whose own nature is a riddle.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 156 pages in the original
- Genres
- Speculative (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2015 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 36 when first published
- ISBN
9784103367338 (original)