The Japan TimesMay 21, 2024
Nanae Aoyama’s Akutagawa Prize-winning novella captures the lonely juncture between adolescence and adulthood. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/05/21/books/a-perfect-day-to-be-alone/ #culture #books #nanaeaoyama #jessekirkwood
'A Perfect Day to Be Alone': A touching and relatable examination of growing up

Nanae Aoyama’s Akutagawa Prize-winning novella captures the lonely juncture between adolescence and adulthood.

The Japan Times
LordWoolamalooNov 20, 2023

#LunchtimeReading : having just finished the excellent 1950s #Japanese detective novel Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto, I'm starting another Japanese novel, A Perfect Day to be Alone, by Nanae Aoyama, (trans: Jesse Kirkwood), coming from Quercus Books next year

#books #livres #AmReading #JapaneseLiterature #bookstodon #APerfectDayToBeAlone #NanaeAoyama #SeichoMatsumoto #PointZero #DetectiveFiction #RomansPoliciers #novel