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Natsuko Imamura

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February 20, 1980

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Natsuko Imamura is a Japanese writer. She has been nominated three times for the Akutagawa Prize, and won the prize in 2019. She has also won the Dazai Osamu Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Kawai Hayao Story Prize, and the Noma Literary New Face Prize. ...more

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	The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, Lucy North (Translator) 3.27 avg rating — 17,512 ratings — published 2019 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura, Hitomi Yoshio (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura, Sayaka Murata (Afterword), Lucy North (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 1,570 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	星の子 by Natsuko Imamura, 今村夏子 3.16 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	あひる by Natsuko Imamura, 今村夏子 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	父と私の桜尾通り商店街 by Natsuko Imamura, 今村夏子 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	とんこつQ&A by Natsuko Imamura, 今村夏子 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asa Turning into A Tree (Hardcover) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She wanted to be kind. But the more she wanted to be kind, the sadder she got. She couldn't find the words. She couldn't say a word.”
― Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

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“How very odd that all it took was for her to put on a uniform like everyone else, and tie her hair back in a ponytail, to all of a sudden start being thought of as 'capable'.”
― Natsuko Imamura, The Woman in the Purple Skirt

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“Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy.”
― Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

18 votes 15.3%

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

17 votes 14.4%

Strange Houses by Uketsu

16 votes 13.6%

I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki

10 votes 8.5%

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

10 votes 8.5%

Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura

9 votes 7.6%

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

8 votes 6.8%

Out by Natsuo Kirino

8 votes 6.8%

The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa

5 votes 4.2%

Malice by Keigo Higashino

5 votes 4.2%

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl by Tomihiko Morimi

5 votes 4.2%

Solo Dance by Kotomi Li

3 votes 2.5%

The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada

2 votes 1.7%

Daffodil by Osamu Dazai

2 votes 1.7%

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