[Shogakukan Co., Ltd.] An unprecedented “shepherd writer” who won the 170th Naoki Prize. Birth Secret Essay Akiko Kawasaki “My Last Sheep Died” will be released on October 31st! Shogakukan Co., Ltd. Press release: October 4, 2024 An unprecedented “shepherd writer” who won the 170th Naoki Prize. Birth Secret Essay Akiko Kawasaki “My Last Sheep Died” will be released on October 31st!
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autobiography, “My Last Sheep Died”, which describes the days and family problems from raising the first sheep to seeing the shipment of the last one, with humor and sincerity. Shogakukan. “What do you do for work?” “I’m a shepherd” “…Huh?” The reason for these rather delicate exchanges may be simply because Japanese people are not familiar with the occupation of shepherd. (From the main text) Because she was born the daughter of a dairy farmer, she was acutely aware of the harshness of dairy farming, and had no intention of getting involved in farming even after graduating from university. However, during his university days, he encountered delicious mutton at a barbecue held at his professor’s house. “I want to try producing it myself,” so I decided to go to New Zealand for training. With the help of various connections, he studied hard and was able to earn an income as a shepherd by diligently raising and shipping sheep every day. Eventually, one of our client’s restaurant chefs told us, “Mr. Kawasaki and this meat are so delicious that it would be a waste to serve them to customers.” Why did he decide to quit his life as a shepherd, which had started going smoothly, and how did he start writing novels? The days “on the eve of being a novelist” are written down. ■Recommended information from the editor This is the first nonfiction work by Naoki Prize-winning author Akiko Kawasaki. Many people may already know that Mr. Kawasaki was a shepherd, but little is known about how his life as a shepherd actually began, and why and how it ended. Probably not. Nurturing life and turning it into meat that is delicious and edible for humans — Kawasaki’s
straightforward and fair look at “living things” is a major attraction of his novels, and it is impressive that he actually looks at the sheep he raises in the same way. In addition to the daily life of a shepherd, this work also explores the management situation of dairy farms in Japan, the endless debate between the Meme sheep faction and the Meme goat faction, and the background behind why Genghis Khan, the soul food of the Hokkaido people, became so delicious. The brush runs vertically and horizontally, centering on the sheep. There are some parts that will make you laugh out loud, and if you’re a big fan of novels, I hope you enjoy Mr. Kawasaki’s humorous side. ■Author introduction: Akiko Kawasaki (Akiko Kawasaki) Born in Betsukai, Hokkaido in 1979. In 2011, he received the 46th Hokkaido Shimbun Literary Award (Creation and Criticism Division) for “Tofu Jiji.” In 2014, he received the Ayako Miura Literary Award for “Taifu no O.” In 2015, he received the JRA Equine Culture Award for the same work. He won the 21st Oyabu Haruhiko Prize for “Nikudan” and the 39th Nitta Jiro Literary Award for “Atonement to the Earth” in 2020. In 2014, he won the 170th Naoki Sanjugo Prize for
“Tomugui”. ■Bibliographic information
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/13640/2869/13640-2869-1a30887ac8a0460f79fca39249d6ba26-1796×2590.jpg My last sheep died Author: Akiko Kawasaki List price: 1,650 yen (tax included) Release date: October 31, 2024 Format: 46 format Number of pages: 226 pages URL: https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09389166 Publisher: Shogakukan
