- Akutagawa Prize 2002 (second half) · Winner
しょっぱいドライブ
Shoppai doraibu
“Salty Drive” (title translated by AI)
Tamaki Daido (大道珠貴, born 1966)
English editions
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Miho is thirty-four, unmarried and settled in a harbour town. Her companion is Mr Tsukumo, a married man in his sixties with sloping shoulders, no muscle, frizzy hair and skin that sags like a turkey's. Is it money, or sex, or neither? On slow drives they watch the sea turn orange and kiss with damp, soft lips, and by odd steps they move toward sharing a home.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 193 pages in the original
- Genres
- Love (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2002 by Bungeishunju
- Author's age
- 36 when first published
- ISBN
9784163217604 (original)