{"product_id":"9781250016171","title":"Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Cheuse, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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 \u003ci\u003eThe Housekeeper and the Professor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\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 \u003ci\u003eRevenge\u003c\/i\u003e is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn NPR Best Book of 2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143030915312,"sku":"9781250016171","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250016171_p0.jpg?v=1769891098","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250016171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}