The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder Beautiful, twisted and brilliant - discover Yoko Ogawa.A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster-brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool - sparking an unspoken infatuation that draws out darker possibilities. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japans most celebrated, award-winning authors.Beautiful, twisted and brilliant - discover Yoko Ogawa.A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster-brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool - sparking an unspoken infatuation that draws out darker possibilities.A young woman records the daily moods of her pregnant sister in a diary, but rather than a story of growth the diary reveals a more sinister tale of greed and repulsion.Driven by nostalgia, a woman visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo. There she finds an isolated world shadowed by decay, haunted by absent students and the disturbing figure of the crippled caretaker. Notes Three novellas from one of contemporary Japans most celebrated authors. First major English translation. Elegant, intelligent and quietly upsetting. Financial Times. Yoko Ogawas novel The Housekeeper And The Professor sold 2 million copies. Back Cover Beautiful, twisted and brilliant - discover Yoko Ogawa. A lonely teenaged girl falls in love with her foster-brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool - an unspoken infatuation that draws out darker possibilities. A young woman records the daily moods of her pregnant sister in a diary, but rather than a story of growth the diary reveals a more sinister tale of greed and repulsion. Out of nostalgia, a woman visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo. There she finds an isolated world shadowed by decay, haunted by absent students and the disturbing figure of the crippled caretaker. Creepy and disturbingly lovely...spine-tingling uncertainty surfaces throughout the haunting prose Dazed and Confused Mesmerising... Not a word is wasted, yet each resonates with a blend of poetry and tension. To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt Guardian She invests the most banal domestic situations with a chilling and malevolent sense of perversity, marking her out as a master of subtle psychological horror Daily Telegraph Author Biography Yoko Ogawa (Author)Yoko Ogawa has won every major Japanese literary award. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, A Public Space and Zoetrope. Her works include The Diving Pool, The Housekeeper and the Professor, Hotel Iris and Revenge. Her most recent novel, The Memory Police, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.Stephen Snyder (Translator)Stephen Snyder is a translator and professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College, Vermont, USA.He has translated works by Kenzaburo Oe, Ryu Murakami, and Miri Yu, among others. His translation of Natsuo Kirinos Out was a finalist for the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 2004, and his translation of Yoko Ogawas Hotel Iris was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011.? Review Written in haunting, spare, shimmering prose...punctuated by acts of casual violence and vindictive spite. Profoundly unsettling, magnificently written and instantly memorable, these stories vindicate [Ogawas] status as one of Japans greatest living writers * Guardian *Yoko Ogawas British debut is inexcusably belated....Ogawa is a conspicuously gifted writer... Not a word is wasted, yet each resonates with a blend of poetry and tension... mesmerising... To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt. She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance. She should be discovered in Britain, and this book must surely begin the process * Guardian *The three Japanese novellas in The Diving Pool are both creepy and disturbingly lovely...spine-tingling uncertainty surfaces throughout the haunting prose * Dazed & Confused *A fine collection of three queasily unsettling novellas... She invests the most seemingly banal domestic situations with a chilling and malevolent sense of perversity, marking her out as a master of subtle psychological horror * Daily Telegraph *An intriguing trilogy of exquisitely sketched stories... Elegant, intelligent, quietly disturbing * Financial Times * Promotional The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japans most celebrated, award-winning authors. Review Text Written in haunting, spare, shimmering prose...punctuated by acts of casual violence and vindictive spite. Profoundly unsettling, magnificently written and instantly memorable, these stories vindicate [Ogawas] status as one of Japans greatest living writers Review Quote Written in haunting, spare, shimmering prose...punctuated by acts of casual violence and vindictive spite. Profoundly unsettling, magnificently written and instantly memorable, these stories vindicate [Ogawas] status as one of Japans greatest living writers Promotional "Headline" The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japans most celebrated, award-winning authors. Details ISBN0099521350 Pages 176 Year 2009 Translator Stephen Snyder ISBN-10 0099521350 ISBN-13 9780099521358 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 895.635 Author Stephen Snyder Media Book Short Title DIVING POOL Publisher Vintage Publishing Translated from Japanese Language English Publication Date 2009-04-02 UK Release Date 2009-04-02 AU Release Date 2009-04-02 NZ Release Date 2009-04-02 Edited by Ana Sofia Ribeiro Birth 1969 Death 1910 Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine Position Editor Qualifications Psy.D. Alternative 9781409076186 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:20281033;

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