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Hiroko Oyamada

Born in Hiroshima in 1983, HIROKO OYAMADA a is the author of two novellas: The Factory, which won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, and The Hole, which won Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Oyamada has also written numerous short stories and essays.

Publications

Books

The Hole

Hiroko Oyamada

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Books

The Factory

Hiroko Oyamada

£9.99
Books

Weasels in the Attic

Hiroko Oyamada

£8.99

Hiroko Oyamada on Granta.com

Fiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition

The Hole

Hiroko Oyamada

‘The hole felt as though it was exactly my size – a trap made just for me.’

Fiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition

Careless

Hiroko Oyamada

‘As I lay on the mattress, the white toe pads of the gecko floated up before me, against the vastness of the blue-black night. Rather than a presence, it seemed to me more like a trace, a barely discernible odour that flooded in on the air.’

Fiction | Issue 127 padlock
Fiction | Issue 127 padlock

Spider Lilies

Hiroko Oyamada

‘The breeze smelled of many things: autumn and earth, the green of the countryside, face powder and old age.’

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