Description: The 144th Akutagawa Literary Award prize winner (1/2011). 19 year old Kanta has no friends, let alone no girlfriend. He leads a life of ad hoc day labor and the pleasure of one cup of sake, a life of loneliness. A fascinating autobiographical novel about a life of solitude. In Japanese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
