Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales (寡黙な死骸みだらな弔い, Kamoku na shigai, Midara na tomurai) is a collection of short stories by Yōko Ogawa. It was published in Japan in 1998,[1] and in the United States by Picador in 2013. Stephen Snyder translated the book into English.

Stories
  • "Afternoon at the Bakery"
  • "Fruit Juice"
  • "The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger"
  • "The Man Who Sold Braces"
  • "Old Mrs. J"
  • "The Little Dustman"
  • "Sewing for the Heart"
  • "Welcome to the Museum of Torture"
  • "Tomatoes and the Full Moon"
  • "Poison Plants"
  • "Lab Coats"

Reception

The work won the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist.[2]

Alan Cheuse of National Public Radio wrote that "this collection may linger in your mind — it does in mine — as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience."[3]

Kirkus Reviews wrote that the story was "well-written" and that "although the stories may be perceived as gruesome, the author paints each tale exquisitely."[4]

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References
  1. "Best Served Cold: Revenge by Yoko Ogawa." Tor.com, Macmillan Company. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.
  2. Alison Flood (8 April 2014). "Knausgaard heads Independent foreign fiction prize shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. Cheuse, Alan. "Under Ogawa's Macabre, Metafictional Spell." National Public Radio. February 18, 2013. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.
  4. "REVENGE by Yoko Ogawa." Kirkus Reviews. Posted online October 22, 2012, in print on November 15, 2012. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.

Further reading

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