[ASA Delivery] In Search of Lauri Kusk【ASA配送】ラウリ・クースクを探して
Winner of the 4th Kaga Otokichi Commemorative Special Literary Award
Winner of the 11th High School Naoki Prize
In Search of Lauri Kousku
By Yusuke Miyauchi
ISBN: 9784022652454
Price: 957 yen (tax included)
Release Date: June 5, 2026
A6 format, paperback, 256 pages
Winner of the 11th High School Naoki Prize & the 4th Kaga Otokichi Commemorative Special Literary Prize.
Nominated for the 170th Naoki Prize & the 40th Oda Sakunosuke Prize.
Lauri Kusk was born in Estonia in 1977. Possessing a rare talent for computer programming, he set his sights on a career as a researcher in the Soviet Union. But then the Soviet Union collapsed... An irreplaceable story depicting a man tossed about by the tides of history. (Commentary by Marai Mentlein)
The long-running bestseller, which has received a steady stream of rave reviews, is finally available in paperback.
List of Book Reviews
■ "Da Vinci" Magazine: This Month's Must-Read! Platinum Book (Released October 6, 2023; November issue)
■ "Josei Jishin" Magazine: Book Review (Issue released October 3, 2023)
■ Mainichi Shimbun “Entertainment Fiction: This Month’s Top Pick!” Reviewer: Mariko Naito
(Published October 1, 2023)
■ “Asahi Shimbun” Book Review: Reviewer: Hitomi Sawada
■ “Dokushin” Book Review: Reviewer: Yasuko Yagi (Issue published September 29, 2023)
■ "Asahi Junior and Senior High School Newspaper" Book Review: Bookseller Hiroki Eto (Issue published September 24, 2023)
■ "Shosetsu Gendai" October Issue (On sale September 22, 2023): Reviewer Kaho Miyake
■ "Good Books, Good Days" Book Review: "New Hits from the Land of the Rising Sun" (Part 6)
Reviewer: Matsuko Sugie (Posted September 21, 2023)
■ "Shukan Bunshun" Book Review: Reviewer Kazunari Yonemitsu (Issue on sale September 21, 2023)
■ "Sankei Shimbun" Book Review: Reviewer Chiaki Horan (Published September 9, 2023)
■ "Nikkei Shimbun" Book Review (Published September 9, 2023)
■ "Shukan Shincho" Book Review: Reviewer: Chiko Ishii (Issue released September 9, 2023)
■ YouTube: "Matsui & Sugie's 'Entertainment Donburi' September 2023 Issue, Part 3"
Introduction to Matsuko Sugie
■ "Weekly Post" Book Review (Issue released September 4, 2023)
■ "Mainichi Shimbun" Monthly Literary Review—Reviewer: Yuma Watanabe (Published August 30, 2023)
■ "Kyodo News" Monthly Literary Review—Reviewer: Eri Watanabe (Published August 28, 2023)
■ "Yomiuri Shimbun" Book Review: Reviewer: Tetsu Ogawa (Published August 27, 2023)
■ "Weekly Gendai" Book Review: Reviewer: Satoshi Kizawa (Issue released August 21, 2023)
■ "Mainichi Shimbun" Monthly Literary Review: Reviewer: Satoshi Osawa (Published July 26, 2023)
■ "Yomiuri Shimbun" Monthly Literary Review: Reporter Yugi Takeda (Published June 27, 2023)
List of Published Interviews
■ "an・an": Interviewer Asayo Takii (Issue released September 13, 2023)
■ "AERA": Writer Yuko Furuya (Issue released September 14)
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