The Lake
BIANCA BELLOVÁ author Alex Zucker translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Parthian Books
Published:31st Mar '22
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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. The story is located in a fishing village at the end of the world, with 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.The Lake is a raw account of life in a devastated land and the harsh, primitive circumstances under which people fight to survive. The story is located in a fishing village at the end of the world, with 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.
‘[T]he fresh water of Czech literature’ – Hospodářské Noviny ‘[O]ne of the most remarkable books of the last years.’ – Mladá 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.’ – Krájské Listy -- Publisher: Parthian Books
- Winner of EBRD Literature Prize 2023
- Winner of EU Prize for Literature 2017
ISBN: 9781913640521
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: unknown
182 pages