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Not just a Bungei Shunbun, but the front page of Bungei Shunju. This anthology novel is a compilation of serials on the theme of running.

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In Finam, running clubs are thriving as usual, and the number of people running around me is gradually but surely increasing.

Books about running are interesting reading for runners and non-runners alike. Those who have read Haruki Murakami's "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" and "Born to Run" will agree.

Etcetera related to running should be free.

One form of such freedom is a novel about running.

The 14 authors are Akiyoshi Higashiyama, Eiichi Nakata, Yuka Shibasaki, Yuki Oshiro, Tomoya Sato, Toru Endo, Kenta Maeno, Hideo Furukawa, Ryo Iwamatsu, Erika Kobayashi, Kotaro Tsunekawa, Bunsho Hattori, Yasushi Machida and Suzushige Sakurai (titles omitted).

They range from writers who have won the Akutagawa, Naoki, and Mishima prizes, to masters of coming-of-age novels, writers the science fiction and fantasy novel worlds have come to expect, survival mountaineers, playwrights, musicians, and young authors who are presenting their fresh works to the world.

Personally, I am curious about Kenta Maeno, Ryo Iwamatsu, and Yasushi Machida, as I do not have an image of them running themselves. How do they incorporate the physical act of running into their characters and novels? It should be possible to enjoy the exhibition from such a point of view.

Please pick up a copy.

Text_Shinri Kobayashi


Running?"
Author: Akiyoshi Higashiyama, Eiichi Nakata, Yuka Shibasaki, Yuki Oshiro, Tomoya Sato, Toru Endo, Kenta Maeno, Hideo Furukawa, Ryo Iwamatsu, Erika Kobayashi, Kotaro Tsunekawa, Bunsho Hattori, Yasushi Machida, Suzushige Sakurai
Price: ¥700 + tax

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