The Lake (EBRD award winner) - Softcover

Bianca Bellová

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1913640523 ISBN 13: 9781913640521

Publisher: Parthian Books, 2022

Synopsis

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.

EBRD Winner. Toby Lichtig, judge, said: “The Lake is a bewitching, beguiling, terrifying and shocking portal into a world gone wrong, a realm in which tenderness and courage come up against brutality and indifference, in which fellow-feeling and communality are undercut by self-interest and folly – and in which small gestures nonetheless keep the flame of hope alive. It is utterly propulsive, immersive and unique, and deserves to become a European classic, to be read by many generations to come.”

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Parthian Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1913640523
• ISBN 13: 9781913640521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184