Piercing (novel)
Piercing ( Japanese ピ ア ッ シ ン グ , piasshingu ) is a novel by Ryū Murakami . It was first published in Japanese in 1994 and a German translation by Liebeskind-Verlag in 2009.
content
The employee Kawashima is married to the baker Yoko. They have a little daughter together. During Yoko's pregnancy, the two watched the film Basic Instinct , in which the protagonist murders with an ice ax. Kawashima is so intrigued by it that he feels the urge to kill his daughter with an ice ax. At the same time, he notices that his desire to murder stems from his childhood abuse by his mother.
In order not to endanger his daughter, Kawashima decides to kill another woman in order to appease the instinct in him. He gets to know several prostitutes who, however, do not meet his wishes. When he learns of a murder in which a woman's Achilles tendon was severed, he also wants to cut his victim's Achilles tendon.
After a long search, Kawashima finally meets Chiaki, who is an ideal victim for him. But when he realizes that she is suicidal and also had a difficult childhood, he first lets go of her. On a second attempted murder, Kawashima passed out and Chiaki pierced him.
criticism
“Piercing” causes disgust, but at the same time it is fascinating enough to be read through in one go. Nevertheless, an uneasy feeling remains. [...] The facts, which Murakami are only marginally interested in, are shocking - that "girls" are catalog items, that a receptionist reacts to screams of pain from the hotel room by asking for "consideration" for the neighbors. "
literature
- Ryu Murakami: Piercing. Liebeskind, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-935890-59-5
