Prize- winning novel by comedian Matayoshi to top 1 million copies

Prize- winning novel by comedian Matayoshi to top 1 million copies

The novel "Hibana" (Spark) is piled up at a bookstore in Tokyo on July 17, 2015, as the author, Naoki Matayoshi, won the prestigious Akutagawa literary prize the previous day. His publisher has decided to reprint the novel to take the total publication to more than one million copies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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