Kaku Interview 4 (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] My newly written full-length novel "The Filling of the Moon" was nominated for the Naoki Prize in the 157th Naoki Award. However, this news was not mentioned at all in the interview. The writer, impatient, sent an e-mail in response on the very day of the Naoki Award selection committee meeting. In addition to his true feelings at the award press conference, the writer, who admits to being a "literary recluse," met with a number of famous literary figures (?) and talked with them about their interviews and "impersonations. In addition to his true feelings at the award conference, the writer, who admits to being a "literary recluse," encounters famous literary figures (?), sends "spoof e-mails" to his listeners, and even invites writer Ryuji Morita as a guest to engage in an intense discussion about his novel. The collection of emails is full of topics, such as the inside of a master novelist's heart, which is revealed only through writing.

書き下ろし長編『月の満ち欠け』が、第一五七回直木賞候補にノミネートした。ところがインタビューでは、このニュースがまったく話題にのぼらない。しびれを切らした作家から回答メールが届いたのは、直木賞の選考会が行われるまさに当日だった―。受賞会見で抱いた本音はもちろんのこと、「文学上の引きこもり」を自認する作家が名だたる文士たちと遭遇し(?)、聞き手と「なりすましメール」を送り合い、さらには作家の盛田隆二さんをゲストに迎えて濃密な小説談義をくり広げるなど、話題たっぷりの往復メール集。“書く”からこそ明かされる小説名人の胸の内。