
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akutagawa Prize | 2023 | Winner |
About This Book
A near-future literary thriller set in a Japan where AI is integrated into architecture and society, exploring crime, punishment, and surveillance. Its author notably admitted at the prize ceremony that approximately 5% of the text was AI-generated.
About the Author
Rie Kudan is a Japanese novelist born in 1990. She is one of the most discussed and controversial figures in recent Japanese literary culture, winning the Akutagawa Prize for the second half of 2023 for Sympathy Tower Tokyo, a near-future literary thriller set in a Japan where AI is integrated into architecture and society. Sympathy Tower Tokyo is set in a future Tokyo where a controversial skyscraper is under construction. Read more →
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