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Piercing by Ryū Murakami

Businessman, Kawashima Masayuki, has mother issues and resists the impulse to stab his new-born daughter with an ice pick “he lifted the ice pick from his pocket. He closed his right hand around the handle and gently drew back the baby’s blanket with his left…” He decides not to murder his baby. Instead, he looksContinue reading “Piercing by Ryū Murakami”

The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa

This book is a collection of three novellas published over 20 years ago – The Diving Pool, Pregnancy Diary and Dormitory. They are all taken from the viewpoint of the silent female observer – a visceral undercurrent pervades. Aya has an inappropriate obsession with her foster brother Jun. Her strange relationship began when Jun wasContinue reading “The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa”