Masato (Shueisha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Sushi! Sushi! Sushi! Aidan, the bully, gets involved again. A young boy, Masato, has moved to Australia due to his parents' work. Every day he is frustrated by the language and cultural barriers he encounters. But little by little, he finds his place in the world, and one day, he feels that "I don't want to be here. I can stay here. However, that was the beginning of the separation from his mother... The 32nd Tsubota Joji Literary Award winner depicts the growth of a boy and his family in a foreign country.

「スシ!スシ!スシ!」いじめっ子エイダンがまた絡んでくる―。親の仕事の都合でオーストラリアに移った少年・真人。言葉や文化の壁に衝突しては、悔しい思いをする毎日だ。それでも少しずつ自分の居場所を見出し、ある日、感じる。「ぼくは、ここにいてもいいんだ」と。ところがそれは、母親との断絶の始まりだった...。異国での少年と家族の成長を描いた第32回坪田譲治文学賞受賞作。