"Equally seductive and unsettling, these tales overwhelm the reader with sinister dreamscapes, each exquisitely rendered in cool, precise prose that has been rightfully compared to that of fellow Japanese author Haruki Murakami.her tales will long linger in the mind." - San Francisco Chronicle She elevates herself above any limitations of the genre she's working in." - The New York Observer Ogawa is more "Masque of the Red Death" than she is The Ring. These tales are not for the faint of heart, but Ms. More disturbing than the bloody imagery is the eerie calm with which each plot unfolds, as if one act of violence must necessarily transform into the portal for another." - The New Yorker "Fittingly, each tale seems to be its own torture chamber-dark and meticulous. These are shiningly sinister stories that grab you by the vulnerable back of the neck and don't let go." - Elle "Yoko Ogawa is an absolute master of the Gothic at its most beautiful and dangerous, and Revenge is a collection that deepens and darkens with every story you read." -Peter Straub "A secret garden of dark, glorious flowers: silky, heartbreakingly beautiful.and poison to their roots." -Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns
Yoko Ogawa's Revenge is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page. Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders-their fates converge in an ominous and darkly beautiful web. 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. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart.
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.Īn aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. But this collection may linger in your mind - it does in mine - as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience." -Alan Cheuse, NPR Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E.A. "It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book.
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