Saturday, September 04, 2004

Beyond Yoshie was a long line of workers: one to even out the rice, one to add the curry sauce, one to slice the deep-fried chicken, another to lay it on top of the curry. Then someone to measure out the pickles into their cup, someone to add the plastic lid, someone to tape on a spoon, and finally someone to place the seal on the box. Each meal made its way down the line, assembled in so many small increments, until at last a curry lunch was complete.

Out
by Natsuo Kirino
-extract from first novel by japanese writer to be translated into english, woman working in box lunch factory kills a man and her work mates cover it up.

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