SNAKES AND EARRINGS
Kanehara Hitomi, trans. David James Karashima
Vintage 2005 (Japan as Hebi ni piasu Shueisha 2004)
Akutagawa Prize Winner 2004

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( Review )

Verdict: Not worth Kinokuniya's SGD16.75 price, and certainly not worth using one of the 20% discount vouchers for their annual sale, unless you are a big fan of Japanese contemporary counter-culture fiction and like the way it looks in your handbag. Anyone in Singapore is welcome to borrow it from me if they would like to read it.

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