Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Sex Drives Tech Part #4479227: First Mobile Phone Novel Award Goes to Prostitute Love Story
filed under: Erotic Elite, We Make Art Not Sex by Melissa Gira
Japan is home not only to some of the first erotic literature in narrative form (the classic pillow books written during the years 990-1000), but to the first mobile literature. The first mobile novel, Deep Love, a series of stories about a school girl prostitute, was published in Japan in 2003. This week, the first mobile novel award, out of 2,375 entries, has been presented to a “pure love story between a schoolgirl prostitute and a host club gigolo”:
Towa, the pen name of the author, received 1 million yen and the right to publish “Kurianesu,” her story about unlikely love.
“I received lots of advice from readers along the way and I’m sure the story would have been different if I had done it alone,” Towa said upon receiving her prize.
Writer Yuzuki Muroi praised Towa’s work and urged her to write more.
“Neither of the main characters are exactly types that society tends to admire, but the more you read about them, the more appeal they have. Characters are really important for novels. Even fiction needs a touch of reality to make it accessible to readers. I’d like to see more of the world this author creates,” Muroi said in a prepared statement.
(thanks, Warren, you techperv)
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