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Friday, 16 April 2010
The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain
Whilst reading various reviews of the recently issued Hotel Iris by Ogawa Yoko, i came across The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain, a short story that is available to read online via The New Yorker magazine, so i thought I'd highlight it here. A soon to be married woman moves into the couple's new house, with their dog Juju. She begins to redecorate the house in preparation for their life together,one day she hears a knock at the door,and encounters a man and his son,this atmospheric short story would have made a great addition to The Diving Pool, translated by Stephen Snyder. Stephen Snyder discusses translating Ogawa,and reads from The Diving Pool in a video that was uploaded by the Words Without Borders site here.
Thanks for the link to the Ogawa story. I'm a fan of The Diving Pool and just finished reading Hotel Iris today.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed The Diving Pool too,i thought Cafeteria was similar to the stories in that collection.I'm looking forward to reading Hotel Iris,I've read quite a few reviews, sounds quite dark.
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