Rie Qudan or Rie Kudan (九段理江) (born September 27, 1990, in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese novelist. In 2024, Qudan won the 170th Akutagawa Prize for her novel Tōkyō-to Dōjō Tō[b] ("Tokyo Sympathy Tower"). She stated that about 5% of the novel was written by artificial intelligence.
Confusing. a bit slow and the theme or maid idea is hard to pinpoint. another book whose intention flies over me and in which the original Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai is only mentioned fleetingly in relation to a daughter and mother's interdependence. the story stops halfway without resolution and jumps to an odd music teacher. I dont get it, I dont get it, I dont get it. its a forgettable book.
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Unusual, thought-provoking. The ending of Bad Music was more satisfying than the ending of Schoolgirl, though I enjoyed Schoolgirl more and thought the writing was better. I'm interested to read Sympathy Tower Tokyo now.
There is a full recording of this book on my youtube.