August Prize おーがすとしょう
Edition 17 (2005)
Winners
4 peopleSet in 1970s Finland, the novel follows a girl caught between social distance and private desire. In an atmosphere of adult expectations, the search for a place to belong accumulates quietly.
A girl’s gaze slowly redraws the shape of the world around her.
Told by the daughter, the book traces a true survival story from the Warsaw Ghetto. The weight of persecution and the act of surviving emerge through a spare and direct voice.
A quiet tracing of memory after survival.
As Steve faces the possibility of seeing his father again, his thoughts and feelings gradually unfold. Text and image work together in a restrained coming-of-age story.
A father absent for years suddenly becomes present tense.
As Steve faces the possibility of seeing his father again, his thoughts and feelings gradually unfold. Text and image work together in a restrained coming-of-age story.
A father absent for years suddenly becomes present tense.