Yoko Ogawa

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Revenge: Eleven Dark TalesPaperback, 29 January 2013

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales
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Print Length
176 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Picador USA
Date Published
29 Jan 2013
ISBN-10
0312674465
ISBN-13
9780312674465

Description

"It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book... [and] one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E.A. Poe. Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. But this collection may linger in your mind -- it does in mine -- as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience." --Alan Cheuse, NPR

Sinister forces collide---and unite a host of desperate characters---in this eerie cycle of interwoven tales from Yoko Ogawa, the critically acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.

An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor---who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture. Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders---their fates converge in an ominous and darkly beautiful web.

Yoko Ogawa's Revenge is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.

An NPR Best Book of 2013

Product Details

Author:
Yoko Ogawa
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 January 2013
Dimensions:
20.83 x 14.68 x 1.3 cm
Genre:
Asian - Japanese
ISBN-10:
0312674465
ISBN-13:
9780312674465
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
176
Publisher:
Weight:
163.29 gm

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