04292cam a2200913 4500 468423507 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781935554691 1935554697 f49b8158-ad81-4830-a105-6663ea3129f0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 195068 195068 481252 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964- The Lake [Libby eBook]. Melville House, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1864kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. realistic fiction books. Paranormal Romance. literary fiction. Japanese fiction. Women's Fiction. magical realism. romantic novels. gifts for women. romance novels. relationships. Coming of age. Short Stories. Romance Novel. fiction books. romance books. gifts for her. books fiction. romance book. translation. women gifts. Friendship. Historical. literature. afterlife. japanese. marriage. Buddhism. murakami. romance. Fiction. classic. Chinese. Turkish. spanish. family. novels. french. ghost. Death. Asian. women. Drama. Rome. love. War. art. HTML:<b>A major literary sensation is back with a quietly stunning tour de force about the redemptive power of love.</b><br /> While <i>The Lake</i> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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. . . .<br /> 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 kidnapping of Japanese citizens by North Korea, <i>The Lake</i> 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. Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. Emmerich, Michael. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/F49/B81/58/Lake9781935554691.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F49B8158-AD81-4830-A105-6663EA3129F0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/F49/B81/58/Lake9781935554691.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F49B8158-AD81-4830-A105-6663EA3129F0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)