You are neither pathetic nor pitiful.

A woman who continued to walk "the road of hardship" in Nemuro, Hokkaido, the most remote place in Japan. After her debut at the Ayako Miura Literature Award, Akiko Kawasaki won consecutively the Nitta Jiro Literature Award and the Haruhiko Oyabu Award. This is a huge accomplishment by a writer of the highest profile. I can't die yet.

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