- Akutagawa Prize 2008 (second half) · Candidate
潰玉
Kaigyoku
“Crushed Balls” (title translated by AI)
Wataru Sumitani (墨谷渉, born 1972)
English editions
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One day in an underground passage at the station, Aoki, a law-firm employee, is approached by two 'high-school girls'. They lead him into a car park, where Saki pins his arms and Asami drives her foot into his groin. A week later he spots them on a train, follows them, and is kicked again. Before long he is trembling at a sensation like a lead ball shooting from his groin straight up to his pituitary gland, and he goes looking for Asami's apartment, in a story of desire bent out of shape.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 158 pages in the original
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2008 by Bungeishunju
- Author's age
- 36 when first published
- ISBN
9784163284903 (original)