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Ogawa, Yoko Revenge ISBN 13: 9781846557620

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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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"Ogawa is original, elegant, very disturbing. I admire any writer who dares to work on this uneasy territory - we're on the edge of the unspeakable. The stories seem to penetrate right to the heart of the world and find it a cold and eerie place. There are no narrative tricks, but the stories generate a surprising amount of tension. You feel as if you've touched an icy hand" -- Hilary Mantel "Yoko Ogawa is able to give expression to the most subtle workings of human psychology in prose that is gentle yet penetrating" -- Kenzaburo Oe "Highly original" -- Paul Auster "Like her better-known compatriot Haruki Murakami, Ogawa writes stories that float free of any specific culture, anchoring themselves instead in the landscape of the mind" Washington Post Book World "Deceptively elegant...written in such lucid, unpretentious language that reading it is like looking into a deep pool of clear water. But even in the clearest waters can lurk currents you don't see until you are in them. Dive into Yoko Ogawa's world...and you find yourself tugged by forces more felt than seen" New York Times Book Review
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A disturbing masterpiece of narrative invention and moving storytelling from one of Japan's most highly respected and bestselling writers.

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  • PublisherHarvill Secker
  • Publication date2013
  • ISBN 10 1846557623
  • ISBN 13 9781846557620
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages176
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