Posted by: hellonico on: June 26, 2006
I've just finished one of those novel that you should read while in Japan.
Hebi piasu from Kanehara Hitomi. Quick paced, really intimately impressive, and a way to describe feelings far outwriting other older writers.
She has won the Akutagawa Prize of 2003, and here's a nice link of all the authors that have ever won the prize so far.