'The thrills are sometimes cheap and the connections between stories membrane thin, but Ogawa makes it count with her precision and dedication to bringing the vision full-circle.' - Publishers Weekly.Zwischen den knapp und direkt formulierten Ereignissen bleiben Leerräume, durch die der kühlende Wind der Erzählung weht.' - Leopold Federmair, Neue Zürcher Zeitung Von allen Zutaten, aus denen sie ihre Geschichten mixt, nimmt sie nie zu viel. Hinter solchen Bemerkungen verbirgt sich das Porträt der Autorin. 'Hübsches Grauen, höflicher Bericht von Absonderlichem.Ms Ogawa understands the consolations of order within apparent randomness.' - The Economist Rotting food and body parts recur actors in one story reappear obliquely in others. (.) Yet there is a steadying effect in her stories through repeating motifs - a classic technique of Japanese poetry. '(A) short and haunting introduction to her work.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorĭas Ende des Bengalischen Tigers - DeutschlandĪ- : creepy chain of stories that becomes something more very nicely done

Yoko Ogawa's Revenge is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. 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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