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    Mai Ishizawa

    Mai Ishizawa was born in 1980 in Sendai City, Japan, and currently lives in Germany. Her debut novel, The Place of Shells, won the Akutagawa Prize.

    Mai Ishizawa

    Mai Ishizawa was born in 1980 in Sendai City, Japan, and currently lives in Germany. Her debut novel, The Place of Shells, won the Akutagawa Prize.

    Books by Mai Ishizawa

    • The Place of Shells

      Mai Ishizawa, Polly Barton

      Paperback, 2025

      Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a masterful novel about loss and memory in the aftermath of a horrifying ecological disaster

    • The Place of Shells

      Mai Ishizawa, Polly Barton

      E Book

      Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a masterful novel about loss and memory in the aftermath of a horrifying ecological disaster

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