superheroesincolor:Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales(2013)An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and
superheroesincolor:Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales (2013)An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon’s jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. 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. Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders—their fates converge in an ominous and darkly beautiful web.Yoko Ogawa’s Revenge is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.An NPR Best Book of 2013by Yoko Ogawa (Author), Stephen Snyder (Translator)Get it now hereYoko Ogawa’s fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, A Public Space, and Zoetrope. Since 1988 she has published more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, and has won every major Japanese literary award.[Follow SuperheroesInColor faceb / instag / twitter / tumblr / pinterest] -- source link
#yoko ogawa#women authors#short stories#adultbooklr#tbr#queue