It was a while back--at least a year and a half, maybe, since I was still in language school when I read it (I looked for it and couldn't find it). "Calling You" was the story that got me reading Otsu-ichi, and I have almost all of his books now and have read three or four. Definitely read "Calling You"--I loved it so, so much and started translating "Happiness is in the Shape of a Kitten" from the "Ushinawareru Monogatari" collection on my lj, but stopped due to lack of time.
"Zoo" is really, really good (I've read Zoo 1 and have just started Zoo 2), but OMFG DEPRESSING. The first two stories had me going D: the whole time, especially the first one (but then, I react badly to child abuse/child neglect stories).
Goth is next or second to next on my list of his stuff to read (the book ahead of it is a short collection of short stories, and I've already read half of them in other collections) after Zoo 2.
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Date: 2009-03-09 01:18 am (UTC)"Zoo" is really, really good (I've read Zoo 1 and have just started Zoo 2), but OMFG DEPRESSING. The first two stories had me going D: the whole time, especially the first one (but then, I react badly to child abuse/child neglect stories).
Goth is next or second to next on my list of his stuff to read (the book ahead of it is a short collection of short stories, and I've already read half of them in other collections) after Zoo 2.