Abstract

The lives of three people intersect in the storage room of a multi-tenant building: Negoro, an office worker at a design office, Hiroshi, a 5th grade student who is good at drawing, and Fukabori, a young office worker at a soil analysis company. A masterpiece full-length novel that brightly depicts in overwhelming detail the irreplaceability of connecting with others and influencing each other.

Author’s Information

Born in 1978. She made her debut in 2005 by winning the Osamu Dazai Award for "Man Eater'' (later retitled "You Are Forever Younger Than They''). In 2009, he won the Akutagawa Prize for "Poto Slime Boat.'' In addition, his latest publication, "Nene of the Watermill,'' was nominated for the 2024 Bookstore Award. She won the PEN/Robert J. Dow Emerging Writer Short Story Award in 2020 for her short story "The Water Tower and the Turtle" (translated by Polly Barton).