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The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto;Michael Emmerich (transl) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Lake about?

A Major Literary Sensation Is Back With A Quietly Stunning Tour De Force About The Redemptive Power Of Love. While The Lake Shows Off Many Of The Features That Have Made Banana Yoshimoto Famous—a Cast Of Vivid And Quirky Characters, Simple Yet Nuanced Prose, A Tight Plot With An Upbeat Pace—it’s Also One Of The Most Darkly Mysterious Books She’s Ever Written. It Tells The Tale Of A Young Woman Who Moves To Tokyo After The Death Of Her Mother, Hoping To Get Over Her Grief And Start A Career As A Graphic Artist. She Finds Herself Spending Too Much Time Staring Out Her Window, Though ... Until She Realizes She’s Gotten Used To Seeing A Young Man Across The Street Staring Out His Window, Too. They Eventually Embark On A Hesitant Romance, Until She Learns That He Has Been The Victim Of Some Form Of Childhood Trauma. Visiting Two Of His Friends Who Live A Monastic Life Beside A Beautiful Lake, She Begins To Piece Together A Series Of Clues That Lead Her To Suspect His Experience May Have Had Something To Do With A Bizarre Secret From His Past. . . . With Echoes Of Real Life Events, Such As The Aum Shinrikyo Cult (the Group That Released Poison Gas In The Tokyo Subway System) And The Kidn

Who reads The Lake?

Author

Banana Yoshimoto;Michael Emmerich (transl)

Publisher

Melville House Publishing

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933633770

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.46 / 5 (1,567 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14