The story ends with the narrator repeating to themselves what they plan to say when the young woman comes out: “Two strawberry shortcakes, please.” Rather than intervene, they watch the woman cry and wait for her to come out. As they sit meditating on the day they found their son-who died of suffocation after crawling into a refrigerator-and the aftermath of his death, they notice a young woman in the back of the shop, weeping. While waiting, an elderly woman comes in and sits next to them, and after some conversation, the narrator reveals that their son is dead. When they arrive, no one is at the counter, and they sit down to wait. Stories "Afternoon at the Bakery" Ī narrator of unknown gender (though it is heavily implied that they are female) visits a bakery on their son's birthday. Stephen Snyder translated the book into English. It was published in Japan in 1998, and in the United States by Picador in 2013. Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales ( 寡黙な死骸みだらな弔い, Kamoku na shigai, Midara na tomurai ) is a collection of interconnected short stories by Yōko Ogawa.
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