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St. Martins Press The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa
The First Major English Translation Of One Of Contemporary Japan'S Bestselling And Most Celebrated Authors From Akutagawa Award-Winning Author Yoko Ogawa Comes A Haunting Trio Of Novellas About Love, Fertility, Obsession, And How Even The Most Innocent Gestures May Contain A Hairline Crack Of Cruel Intent. A Lonely Teenage Girl Falls In Love With Her Foster Brother As She Watches Him Leap From A High Diving Board Into A Pool--A Peculiar Infatuation That Sends Unexpected Ripples Through Her Life. A Young Woman Records The Daily Moods Of Her Pregnant Sister In A Diary, Taking Meticulous Note Of A Pregnancy That May Or May Not Be A Hallucination--But Whose Hallucination Is It, Hers Or Her Sister'S? A Woman Nostalgically Visits Her Old College Dormitory On The Outskirts Of Tokyo, A Boarding House Run By A Mysterious Triple Amputee With One Leg. Hauntingly Spare, Beautiful, And Twisted, The Diving Pool Is A Disquieting And At Times Darkly Humorous Collection Of Novellas About Normal People Who Suddenly Discover Their Own Dark Possibilities.