Revenge : eleven dark tales
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Revenge : eleven dark tales
Harvill Secker, 2013
- : pbk
- : hbk limited edition
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Originally published in Japan with the title Kamoku na shigai, Midara na tomurai by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Harvill Secker
Contents of Works
- Afternoon at the Bakery
- Fruit Juice
- Old Mrs.J
- The Little Dustman
- Lab Coats
- Sewing for the Heart
- Welcome to the Museum of Torture
- The Man Who Sold Braces
- The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger
- Tomatoes and the Full Moon
- Poison Plamts
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A woman goes into a bakery to buy a strawberry cream tart. The place is immaculate but there is no one serving so she waits. Another customer comes in. The woman tells the new arrival that she is buying her son a treat for his birthday. Every year she buys him his favourite cake; even though he died in an accident when he was six years old.
From this beginning Yoko Ogawa weaves a dark and beautiful narrative that pulls together a seemingly disconnected cast of characters. In the tradition of classical Japanese poetic collections, the stories in Revenge are linked through recurring images and motifs, as each story follows on from the one before while simultaneously introducing new characters and themes. Filled with breathtaking images, Ogawa provides us with a slice of life that is resplendent in its chaos, enthralling in its passion and chilling in its cruelty.
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