The Diving Pool Yoko Ogawa.pdf 1 Jun 2026

Hisako is described in biblical terms: innocent, small, and oblivious. Aya’s obsession has a ritualistic quality. She is not sexually attracted to the child in a conventional sense; rather, she sees Hisako as a perfect, pure object that must be broken. Part 1 sets up the theology of sacrifice: Aya wants to offer Hisako to the pool, to the void.

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