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Nails and Eyes

by Kaori Fujino · 2013

Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is the Flesh, Fever Dream, and The Vegetarian. Paired with two stories of creeping tension and unsettled minds, the unnerving… more

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You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by.
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Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight.
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As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large.
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You weren't the type to feel a burning desire for something you didn't have, and whenever something did land in your clutches, you took what you could get from it and let it go. No need for anything that cramped your style, and no need for anything unreasonably passionate. That was love to you.
There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?

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Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is the Flesh, Fever Dream, and The Vegetarian.

Paired with two stories of creeping tension and unsettled minds, the unnerving title novella Nails and Eyes introduces a unique new voice in Japanese literature.

With masterful narrative control, Nails and Eyes—appearing in English for the first time—builds to a conclusion of uncanny power.

A young girl addresses her stepmother, who has moved in shortly after her mother’s death in unusual circumstances. The girl shows strangely detailed knowledge of the older woman’s life, and as her stepmother settles into the house, the girl’s obsession sharpens to an ever finer point.

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First published
2013
Genre
Horror
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3.39 (3k ratings)
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