The Lake Banana Yoshimoto, Trans. Michael EmmerichMelville House, It's been said that two characters make a dialogue, and three create a scene. Banana Yoshimoto's most recent novel to appear in English, The Lake, is decidedly a study of two, but rather than a dialogue, the short novel functions in many ways as a dyad, a painting of two figures, a complex study of those figures in Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. · The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto is a somberly beautiful tale about the healing power of love and friendship. It follows Chihiro’s hesitant relationship with an extremely introverted young man who has had a troubled childhood past/5(K). With its echoes of the infamous, real-life Aum Shinrikyo cult (the group that released poison gas in the Tokyo subway system), The Lake unfolds as the most powerful novel Banana Yoshimoto has written. And as the two young lovers overcome their troubled past to discover hope in the beautiful solitude of the lake in the countryside, it's also one of her most moving.
I've read some excellent reviews for books written by Banana Yoshimoto, so I wanted to experience this author for myself. It was a different experience, but not an unpleasant one. Chihiro is a something Japanese woman whose mother had recently died. Chihiro's father was a Tokyo businessman, and son of rich, prominent parents. Oh no! I thought, as I turned the first page of Banana Yoshimoto's novel, The Lake, not another dead Mom!I nearly put it aside there and then, but fortunately this book turned out to have a different focus to my last literary misadventure, though one that bemused me all the same. It's about a young woman called Chihiro who develops a curiously hesitant and mostly chaste romance with a. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
The Lake (みずうみ Mizūmi) is a novel by Banana Yoshimoto, translated into English by Michael Emmerich, and inspired by the infamous, real-life Aum Shinrikyo cult. The LakeBanana Yoshimoto, Trans. Michael EmmerichMelville House, It's been said that two characters make a dialogue, and three create a www.doorway.ru Yoshimoto's most recent novel to appear in English, The Lake, is decidedly a study of two, but rather than a dialogue, the short novel functions in many ways as a dyad, a painting of two figures, a complex study of those figures in. Presented in typical Yoshimoto-fashion, the style deceptively artless, the account seemingly straightforward and simple, the characters adrift, The Lake works quite well. The roundabout approach to presenting a character who must deal with extreme trauma (the extent and details of which are only revealed near the end) is quite effective, yet.
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