球形の季節

by Riku Onda

（新潮文庫）

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1994

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.

Reviews

[CJ Tillman]

My first foray into Onda Riku and I was super impressed. The idea of the “other” Tanitsu as this primal but calming (almost pre-cognitive in a way) place is such a good idea and explained really well and in an interesting way. There are so many characters, but they are used really well and I think some of the worries the characters have about their future ring really true without being trite.