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2333909Revengehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/revenge-9781250016171/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3760683/ea65f718-baf6-43d0-a50b-262b218d41ec.jpg?v=638720934058530000212258MXNPicadorInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>"Its 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." --</strong> <strong>Alan Cheuse, <em>NPR</em></strong></p><p>Sinister forces collide---and unite a host of desperate characters---in this eerie cycle of interwoven tales from Yoko Ogawa, the critically acclaimed author of <em>The Housekeeper and the Professor.</em></p><p>An 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 surgeons 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 surgeons 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.</p><p>Yoko Ogawas <em>Revenge</em> is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.<br />An NPR Best Book of 2013</p>...2270227Revenge212258https://www.gandhi.com.mx/revenge-9781250016171/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3760683/ea65f718-baf6-43d0-a50b-262b218d41ec.jpg?v=638720934058530000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781250016171_W3siaWQiOiJlZDc1NzZmMS01OTA4LTRmOGYtYThmMS1hNjkwODZhM2NmOGEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1OCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIxMiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDYtMDJUMDk6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJkOGYxZjVmYS1hYjk3LTRjMDYtYjIwZC01ZmNjNTczYzA0OWQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI0NCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwMCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781250016171_<p><strong>Its 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. --</strong> <strong>Alan Cheuse, <em>NPR</em></strong></p><p>Sinister forces collide---and unite a host of desperate characters---in this eerie cycle of interwoven tales from Yoko Ogawa, the critically acclaimed author of <em>The Housekeeper and the Professor.</em></p><p>An 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 surgeons 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 surgeons 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.</p><p>Yoko Ogawas <em>Revenge</em> is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.<br />An NPR Best Book of 2013</p>(*_*)9781250016171_<p><strong>"Its 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." --</strong> <strong>Alan Cheuse, <em>NPR</em></strong></p><p>Sinister forces collide---and unite a host of desperate characters---in this eerie cycle of interwoven tales from Yoko Ogawa, the critically acclaimed author of <em>The Housekeeper and the Professor.</em></p><p>An 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 surgeons 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 surgeons 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.</p><p>Yoko Ogawas <em>Revenge</em> is a master class in the macabre that will haunt you to the last page.<br />An NPR Best Book of 2013</p>...9781250016171_Picadorlibro_electonico_fd2a3cb2-caea-40b4-a421-3d7f55098e27_9781250016171;9781250016171_9781250016171Yoko OgawaInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillan-epub-ea4ef8ed-2ec2-47a4-b5da-f10c398d4f89.epub2013-01-29T00:00:00+00:00Picador