THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2023 at 18:19 JST
Staff at the Sendai bookstore cheer for Atsushi Sato, the winner of the 168th Akutagawa Prize, on Jan. 19. (Arata Mitsui)
SENDAI--The quiet environment where Atsushi Sato works as a bookstore clerk was turned upsidedown after he won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel “Arechi no Kazoku” (A family in the wasteland). [Read More]
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