The Lake
Translated from Czech by Alex Zucker.
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- Paperback published on 01/05/2022
- Page count: 186 pages
- ISBN: 9781913640521
Synopsis
A dystopian page-turner about the coming of age of a younghero, which won the 2017 EU Prize for Literature. A fishing village at the end of the world. A lake that is dryingup and, ominously, pushing out its banks.
The men have vodka,the women troubles, the children eczema to scratch at. Born intothis unforgiving environment, Nami, a young boy, embarks on ajourney with nothing but a bundle of nerves, a coat that was oncehis grandfather's and the vague idea of searching for his mother,who disappeared from his life at a young age. To uncover thegreatest mystery of his life, he must sail across and walk aroundthe lake and finally dive to its bottom.
About the author
BIANCA BELLOVÁ (b. 1970) is a Czech translator, interpreter and writer with Bulgarian roots. Her novel Mrtvý muž (Dead Man, 2011) received widespread critical acclaim and has been translated into German. Her latest novel, Jezero (The Lake, 2016), won the EU Prize for Literature and will be published in more than ten languages.
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