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“Old Mrs. J” originally appeared in Harper’s Magazine, in slightly different form. “Afternoon at the Bakery” appeared in Zoetrope: All Story. “The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger” appeared in Guernica.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Ogawa, Yoko, 1962–
[Kamoku na shigai, Midara na tomurai. English]
Revenge: eleven dark tales / Yoko Ogawa; translated by Stephen Snyder. — 1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
“Originally published in Japan under the title Kamoku na shigai, Midara na tomurai by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha”— T.p. verso.
ISBN 978-0-312-67446-5 (trade paperback)
ISBN 978-1-250-01617-1 (e-book)
1. Ogawa, Yoko, 1962–—Translations into English. 2. Psychological fiction. I. Snyder, Stephen, 1957– II. Title.
PL858.G37K3613 2013
895.6’35—dc23
2012037099
eISBN 9781250016171
Originally published as Kamoku na shigai, Midara na tomurai in Japan by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. English translation rights arranged with Yoko Ogawa through Japan Foreign-Rights Centre/Anna Stein.
First U.S. Edition: February 2013
YOKO OGAWA RETURNS WITH A
CHILLING NOVEL IN STORIES
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“Ogawa is original, elegant, very disturbing.”
—Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize–winning author of Wolf Hall
Praise for Revenge
“Yoko Ogawa is an absolute master of the Gothic at its most beautiful and dangerous, and Revenge is a collection that deepens and darkens with every story you read.”
—Peter Straub
“Yoko Ogawa’s Revenge is a secret garden of dark, glorious flowers: silky, heartbreakingly beautiful … and poison to their roots.”
—Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns
ISBN 978-0-312-67446-5
E-ISBN 978-1-250-01617-1
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“Exquisitely disturbing … Ogawa steadily builds the tension to an unexpected crescendo.” —Elle
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