Nails and Eyes (Japanese Novellas)
Staff Reviews
A little girl closely watches her father’s mistress as she becomes her new guardian after her mother’s tragic death.
There are four patients in Shoko’s hospital room including herself. But when night falls and everyone is asleep, she can feel the presence of a fifth.
Behind a weathered store, there is a pocket playground where kids laugh and play except for one minute, every day, when they run away screaming.
Description
Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of Tender is the Flesh and The Vegetarian
An unforgettably creepy child narrator weaves uncanny tales about her new stepmother in this feminist horror novella + short story collection that introduces a unique new voice in Japanese literature
A young girl loses her mother, and her father blindly invites his secret lover into the family home to care for her. As she obsessively tries to curate a pristine life, this new interloper remains indifferent to the girl, who seems to record her every move - and she realises only too late all that she has failed to see.
With masterful narrative control, Nails and Eyes—appearing in English for the first time—builds to a conclusion of disturbing power. Paired with two additional stories of unsettled minds and creeping tension, it introduces a daring new voice in Japanese literature.