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Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada
Having read Hiroko Oyamadaβs The Hole and The Factory, I was intrigued by the premise of Weasels in the Attic, which has recently been translated into English. This book is divided into three self-contained episodes centred on the same character. Our narratorβs wife really wants to have children but he seems far less enthused by…
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The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
While The Factory shares many similarities with The Hole, it lacked the eerie atmosphere that made the latter into such a beguiling read. The Factory switches between three 1st povs, without specifying who is narrating (we usually can guess by the job they do). They all work at βthe factory, an industrial factory located in…
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The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada
Hiroko Oyamada has spun a beguiling tale and the comparison to David Lynch is certainly spot-on. In The Hole mundane exchanges and places acquire a surreal quality while the author’s easy prose is brilliantly juxtaposed against her story’s growingly eerie atmosphere.After her husband’s job transfer, Asa moves outside of the city with him. The two…
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