ウォーク・イン・クローゼット

by Risa Wataya

“対男用”のモテ服好みなOL早希と、豪華な衣裳部屋をもつ人気タレントのだりあは、幼稚園以来の幼なじみ。危うい秘密を抱えてマスコミに狙われるだりあを、早希は守れるのか？　わちゃわちゃ掻き回されっ放しの、ままならなくも愛しい日々を描く恋と人生の物語。表題作他「いなか、の、すとーかー」収録。【解説入り】

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About the author

Risa Wataya (綿矢りさ, born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto.

Wataya graduated from Murasakino High School in Kyoto.
Her first novella, Install, written when she was 17, was awarded the 38th Bungei Prize. She graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo. Her thesis focused on the structure of Osamu Dazai's Hashire merosu (走れ、メロス Run, Melos!). Wataya rose to fame in 2003 upon receiving the Akutagawa Prize for her short novel Keritai Senaka ("The Back You Want to Kick"), while at Waseda University. The prize was shared between Wataya and Hitomi Kanehara, another young, female author. At the age of 19, Wataya became the youngest author—and the third student—ever to receive this greatly prestigious award, the first two student winners having been Shintarō Ishihara and Keiichiro Hirano. Wataya's works have been translated into German, Italian, French, and Korean. In 2004, her novel Install was adapted into a film starring Aya Ueto. In 2012, her novel Kawaisou da ne? ("Isn't it a pity?") won the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, meaning that the novel will be translated into English and other languages.