![]() ![]() Grotesque is epic in scope and haunting in execution. She comes to relish the confused reactions people have upon learning that she and Yuriko are sisters. ![]() They are both murdered by a client.įor the narrator, the path is a “sea of hatred” - she develops an armor of malicious wit, bitterness and resignation. Any path they tread is treacherous.įor Yuriko and Kazue, that path is sex work, though they arrive by different means and with different motivations. The female leads - Yuriko, the monstrous beauty Kazue, whose determination is greater than her social awareness and the unnamed narrator, who is Yuriko’s older sister and self-described shadow to her sister’s light - are born into a system built for them to fail. There is no escape hatch for either the reader or the characters. ![]() It put me in mind of Flannery O’Connor, not in the aspect of prose but in the weight of oppression and despair. Beauty and deformity drip from every page in this transgressive thriller. This is a book that lives up to its name. ![]()
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