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Revenge

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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.
~from the back cover

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 plants

Language: English

Pages: 162

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: January 02, 2014

ISBN: 0099553937

ISBN 13: 9780099553939

Revenge

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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.
~from the back cover

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 plants

Language: English

Pages: 162

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: January 02, 2014

ISBN: 0099553937

ISBN 13: 9780099553939

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