Place of Shells

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE

''A hypnotic dissection of memory, trauma and belonging''
New Statesman

''This attempt to imprint upon humanity the experiences of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in a way that only a novel can achieve deserves to be highly esteemed''
Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police

''Here we find a form of language that attempts to venture, dancing, into a past enveloped in...