Monday, May 5, 2008

桐野夏生 - Grotesque



Picked this up at the neighbourhood library while waiting for Uncle Sam who was cutting hair, and also because there wasn't any decent non-fiction I could lay my hands on in the tiny library. I had heard about Out, possibly the most famous of all Kirino's works but it was not available so decided this would do. While the themes of bullying and the so-called "all nails that stick out must be nailed down" syndrome are not new, the author impresses with her uncanny ability to dissect the human and female psyches, so much so that it feels even a little creepy. And that photo, eeks!

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