{"product_id":"revenge-eleven-dark-tales","title":"Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book . . . [and] one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E. A. Poe. Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. But this collection may linger in your mind--it does in mine--as a delicious, perplexing, absorbing and somehow singular experience.\" --Alan Cheuse, NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinister 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoko Ogawa's Revenge is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52225404961050,"sku":"N9780312674465","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/9462\/2234\/files\/9780312674465.jpg?v=1778891133","url":"https:\/\/honnomoribooks.com\/products\/revenge-eleven-dark-tales","provider":"Honnomori Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}