But when the surgeon promises to repair her condition, he sparks the jealousy of another man who would like to preserve the heart in a custom tailored bag. Before she can follow-through on her crime of passion, though, the surgeon will cross paths with another remarkable woman, a cabaret singer whose heart beats delicately outside of her body. Meanwhile, a surgeon’s lover vows to kill him if he does not leave his wife.
Years later, the writer’s stepson reflects upon his stepmother and the strange stories she used to tell him. Sinister forces draw together a cast of desperate characters in this eerie and absorbing novel from Yoko Ogawa.Īn aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband.
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