The Lake

BIANCA BELLOVA author Alex Zucker translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Parthian Books

Published:31st Mar '22

£10.00

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The Lake cover

Won the 2017 EU Prize for Literature. Awarded with the Magnesia Litera Prize as Best Book of 2016. Won the EBRD Prize for Literature 2023.

The Lake is a raw account of life in a devastated land and the harsh, primitive circumstances under which people fight to survive.A dystopian page-turner about the coming of age of a young hero, which won the 2017 EU Prize for Literature. A fishing village at the end of the world. A lake that is drying up and, ominously, pushing out its banks. The men have vodka, the women troubles, the children eczema to scratch at. Born into this unforgiving environment, Nami, a young boy, embarks on a journey with nothing but a bundle of nerves, a coat that was once his grandfather's and the vague idea of searching for his mother, who disappeared from his life at a young age. To uncover the greatest mystery of his life, he must sail across and walk around the lake and finally dive to its bottom.

'[T]he fresh water of Czech literature' - Hospodarske Noviny; '[O]ne of the most remarkable books of the last years.'- Mlada Fronta dnes; 'A criticism of the Soviet Union, of extinction, of the modern world. Written in such colourful way that one at times seems the stand in front of Andrej Tarkovsky's camera.' - Krajske Listy

  • Winner of EBRD Literature Prize 2023
  • Winner of EU Prize for Literature 2017

ISBN: 9781913640521

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186 pages