"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
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