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
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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]
References
- ^ "Best Served Cold: Revenge by Yoko Ogawa." Tor.com, Macmillan Company. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.
- ^ Alison Flood (8 April 2014). "Knausgaard heads Independent foreign fiction prize shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ^ Cheuse, Alan. "Under Ogawa's Macabre, Metafictional Spell." National Public Radio. February 18, 2013. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.
- ^ "REVENGE by Yoko Ogawa." Kirkus Reviews. Posted online October 22, 2012, in print on November 15, 2012. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.
Further reading
- "Revenge." Three Percent, University of Rochester.
- Turkewitz, Rebecca (Ohio State University MFA candidate). "Review of Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa; translated by Stephen Snyder." The Journal, Ohio State University.
- Feng, Rhoda (Student, Wellesley College). "Review: Yoko Ogawa's Revenge." Huffington Post. May 7, 2013.
- "Briefly Noted Revenge by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder (Picador)." The New Yorker. February 25, 2013.
- Tonkin, Boyd. "Revenge, By Yoko Ogawa." The Independent. Friday March 15, 2013.
- Shea, Colleen. "Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales." Open Letters Monthly.
External links
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