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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 Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman

Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita centres around Humbert Humbert a predator who steals a child and poses as the victim’s father. It is written from Humbert’s point of view, and we find he is an unreliable narrator. Weinman looks at the phenomenon of Lolita and the kidnapping of Sally Horner. Weinman claims the novel is looselyContinue reading “The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman”

Girl A by Abigail Dean

Main character Lex Gracie displays tenacity and intelligence in the face of a dreadful experience perpetrated by her parents. The aftermath of living in a house of violence and dysfunction is the focus of this story. After Lex’s mother dies, she gets in touch with her siblings to work out what to do with theContinue reading “Girl A by Abigail Dean”