![]() ![]() “I wish I could live inside a Yukiko Motoya book. (8 of 11 stories in The Lonesome Bodybuilder) ![]() Oe Prize commentary on Arashi no pikunikku After tasting the delightful surprises in each story in this varied collection, I felt not as though I had passed through a gallery hung with individual talents, but that I had seen at one glance the irrepressible formation of an artist.” “The writer possesses an acuity in human observation that will be a life’s work, and the prose skill to describe it concisely. This collection serves almost as a sampler of fresh ideas and forms, but the pieces demanded more than simply to enjoy them and then put them away, saying, ‘Well, that was fun.’ How is it that these pieces work with their twists and tricks, and then, on top of that, also attain the state of literature? “Wanting to delve deeper, I decided to read it again, laying aside my long-held view of fiction: one that demarcated ‘entertainment’ from ‘real literature.’ I realized I couldn’t deny it. “I knew immediately this book was a work of quality entertainment by a writer who had consciously worked to hone their craft-but was it literature? I had the lingering doubts of an old man now far removed from the current readership. ![]()
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