Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino

Nails and Eyes by Kaori FujinoTense, subtly disturbing literary horror from a prize winning Japanese writerA 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 builds to

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This gorgeous picture book has become a modern classic

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surreal read that will strike a cord' RED'One of the most passionate cases I've ever read for female interiority

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