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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”

In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami

Cynical Kenji is at the centre of this book, and so is loneliness. Frank is a serial killer who is vulgar in his demands of Kenji and the Shinjuku district. Kenji is hired to take him on guided tours but finds out more than he bargains for when he discovers he is on a rampageContinue reading “In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami”

The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind

Jonathan Noel is a security guard that lives a perfectly ordered life in Paris. His life has been so uneventful that a thunderstorm is remembered as an occasion when things went awry. Just when he is about to buy his apartment, as he had planned for some time, things changed. The purchase was an attemptContinue reading “The Pigeon by Patrick Suskind”