"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 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. "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
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