Some books I picked up this morning:
38. 桜庭一樹『赤朽葉家の伝説』（東京創元社）
39. 桜庭一樹『私の男』（文藝春秋）
40. 桜庭一樹『少女には向かない職業』（創元推理文庫）
41. 山川偉也『哲学者ディオゲネス』（講談社学術文庫）
42. 湯川秀樹『目に見えないもの』（講談社学術文庫）
43. 田所清克・伊藤奈希砂『ブラジルポルトガル語手紙の書き方』（国際語学社）
44. 山田善郎（監修）『中級スペイン語文法』（白水社）
I purchased some books by Sakuraba in preparation for an upcoming job and only then I learned of her winning the Naoki Prize last evening. Congratulations to Kazuki Sakuraba whom I know is a very fine writer and an attentive, voracious, sophisticated reader!
As for Mieko Kawakami, the singer-cum-novelist-poet who just won the Akutagawa Prize, I've mostly been paying attention to her as an exciting singer (whose CDs I've been listening to for the last several months). She's got a great voice and a very dramatic way of rendering. I'd love to see her perform one day.
This time the couple of recipients (the Akutagawa/Naoki) is the best in recent years, it seems. Not that I pay much attention to literary prizes in general. But both of them are destined to become strong, fresh voices in this stagnant island country of repetitive desolation. Bon creative voyage to them.
Other books I bought on impulse--my bad. But it tells about the area toward which my desire is now working its way. It betrays a lot. Shame, shame, shame.
Happy reading, after first giving my finals!
