Naoki Prize-winning author Shimamoto Rio's first full-length novel in about two years, "Angels Can't Be Seen, So I Can't Draw Them," was released by Shinchosha on January 29th. The story depicts the ultimate happy ending that an uncle and niece, 18 years apart, reach in pursuit of their one and only love. Shimamoto said, "I felt like I had reached a place I had never even imagined. I don't think I could have written this a few years ago."
In conjunction with the release, messages from actress Kaya Kiyohara and freelance announcer Misato Ugaki were released. Kiyohara commented, "I just hope that this is our story," while Ugaki commented, "I was overwhelmed as I suddenly remembered the love that I just couldn't let go of."
The protagonist of the story is Towako, a 33-year-old lawyer. Although she has a trouble-free relationship with her husband of three years of marriage, she frequently meets up with her real uncle Ryoichi, who is 18 years older than her. However, her husband impregnates the other woman and they divorce, and she then breaks up with the boyfriend she had been dating out of habit. When Towako faces the twisted desire she has had for her uncle since she was a child, she realizes the one and only love she has...
"Angels are invisible, so I don't draw them" is a 256-page, round-backed hardcover book. The price is 1,870 yen.
