- Akutagawa Prize 2011 (first half) · Candidate
ぬるい毒
Nurui doku
“Lukewarm Poison” (title translated by AI)
Yukiko Motoya (本谷有希子, born 1979)
English editions
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The call comes out of nowhere from a man who says they were at school together. He is magnetic, lies with total conviction and plays with feelings for fun. Believing her whole life will be settled by twenty-three, she craves his approval, and even as he tears her self-image apart she becomes his lover, letting him take her for a woman lost in romance while she waits for her chance to fool him in turn.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 133 pages in the original
- Genres
- Love (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2011 by Shinchosha
- Author's age
- 32 when first published
- ISBN
9784103017745 (original)