Traveling Practice
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Winner of the Mishima Yukio Prize
Winner of the Tsubota Joji Literature Prize
Nominated for the Akutagawa Prize
Traveling Practice follows a novelist and his spirited niece as they embark on a walk across the Japanese countryside during the last days before the pandemic. Through their journey, the book masterfully explores themes of memory and the power of writing to capture fleeting moments and preserve them. Nominated for the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and winner of both the Mishima Yukio Prize and the Tsubota Joji Literature Prize, Traveling Practice's quiet, reflective tone and focus on the characters' inner lives elevate it beyond a simple travel story, establishing it as a significant work of literary fiction.
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Born in 1986 in Hokkaido, Japan, Yusuke Norishiro graduated from Hosei University and taught at a cram school for ten years. He made his debut with the coming-of-age novel From Seventeen to Eighteen after it won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers in 2015. He has been shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's highest literary honor, four times for Traveling Practice, The Ultimate Mission, Mina no arabashiri, and The Truth of It. Traveling Practice went on to win the Mishima Yukio Prize in 2020 and the Tsubota Joji Literature Prize in 2021.
