Yoko Ogawa, 1996 [Stephen Snyder, 2010]
(March 2017)
Odd little Lolita-esque novella about a
bored and repressed high school dropout getting into a sadomasochistic
relationship with an elderly man. Divertingly uncomfortable in and of itself,
but to be honest the thing that sticks in my mind the most is how the blurb on
the back gives away plot points that don’t occur until three pages before the
end. I get that the constant cry of “Spoilers!” can be pretty tedious, but
really. Three pages from the end.
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