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SFF Author: Yoko Ogawa

(1962- )
Yoko Ogawa is a Japanese novelist, born in Okayama prefecture in 1962. She won one of the most important prize in 1988 with her debut novel, “Agehachou ga kowareru toki (When the swallowtail breaks)” and since then she became one of the leading novelist in Japan.
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Revenge: Like eating poisoned chocolates

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa

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We get precious little science fiction, fantasy and horror in translation, which means most of our reading is Eurocentric and a lot of it, though enjoyable, is anything but challenging. That’s why, when I saw Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales,

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