![]() ![]() "Die Erzählung arbeitet sich an die Gleichzeitigkeit heran, indem sie zeitlich minimale Vorgriffe und Rückblicke setzt.Its saving grace is Murakami's masterful use of third-person perspective." - Karrie Higgins, The Los Angeles Times " Piercing could easily fall into cliché.An interior (and indoors) novel, it succeeds through its commendable brevity and deadpan delivery (and, as with any work that depends on ellipsis, is not well served by synopsis)." - Chris Petit, The Guardian (.) While Piercing doesn't necessarily work on the level of its props or as conventional psychology, its states of anxiety make perfect sense (.) The book is well haunted by its demons even when they turn out to be psychological cliché. " Piercing reads like a compendium of Hollywood psychological horror with Ryu Murakami, like his famous namesake, exploiting the influence of western popular culture upon Japan. ![]() Not quite a consensus, but most find it effective ![]() Piercing was made into a movie in 2018, directed by Nicolas Pesce and starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]()
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