意識のリボン

by Risa Wataya

母親を亡くした二十代の「私」は、「絶対に長生きするからね」と父に誓ったのに、交通事故に遭ってしまう。激痛の嵐の中、目を開けると二メートルほど下に自分の身体を見下ろしていて……。表題作ほか、姉妹、妻、母親――様々な女たちの視線から世界を切り取り、人生を肯定するあたたかさを感じさせる。著者新境地の全八編の短編集。

136 pages

Published December 10, 2017

About the author

Risa Wataya (綿矢りさ, born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto.

Wataya graduated from Murasakino High School in Kyoto.
Her first novella, Install, written when she was 17, was awarded the 38th Bungei Prize. She graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo. Her thesis focused on the structure of Osamu Dazai's Hashire merosu (走れ、メロス Run, Melos!). Wataya rose to fame in 2003 upon receiving the Akutagawa Prize for her short novel Keritai Senaka ("The Back You Want to Kick"), while at Waseda University. The prize was shared between Wataya and Hitomi Kanehara, another young, female author. At the age of 19, Wataya became the youngest author—and the third student—ever to receive this greatly prestigious award, the first two student winners having been Shintarō Ishihara and Keiichiro Hirano. Wataya's works have been translated into German, Italian, French, and Korean. In 2004, her novel Install was adapted into a film starring Aya Ueto. In 2012, her novel Kawaisou da ne? ("Isn't it a pity?") won the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, meaning that the novel will be translated into English and other languages.