Literary Fiction
The Blind Assassin
2000·628 pages
Elderly Iris Chase revisits her sister’s death and their secretive past, braiding memoir, clippings, and a pulpy sci-fi love story.
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Elderly Iris Chase revisits her sister’s death and their secretive past, braiding memoir, clippings, and a pulpy sci-fi love story.
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More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of twentieth-century history, The Blind Assassin is an epic tale of memory, intrigue and betrayal...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Affair with on-page intimacy; marital sexual duty; rape revealed, not graphic
Violence & gore
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Fatal car crash; war losses; nested sci-fi with sacrifices and mutilation
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Passing church and faith references tied to characters’ upbringing
Magic & witchcraft
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Not present; nested tale is pulp science fiction, not fantasy magic
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Class conflict, labor unrest, war, and women’s social constraints recur
Self-harm / suicide
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Sister’s suicide by driving off a bridge opens and drives the narrative
Abuse & suffering
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Sustained sexual abuse of a young woman; marital coercion and cruelty
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