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蛇にピアス (Snakes and Earrings) by Hitomi Kanehara — book cover

蛇にピアス (Snakes and Earrings)

by Hitomi Kanehara

Akutagawa Prize · 2003 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9780452287310

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Akutagawa Prize2003Winner

About the Author

Hitomi Kanehara (born August 8, 1983, in Tokyo) is a Japanese novelist whose debut novel Hebi ni piasu (Snakes and Earrings, 2004) won the Shōsetsu Subaru Literary Prize in 2003 and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2004, making her one of the youngest recipients; the book sold over a million copies and was adapted into a film. family.

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