The Lake

A dystopian page-turner about the coming of age of a young

hero, which won the 2017 EU Prize for Literature.

A fishing village at the end of the world. A lake that is drying

up and, ominously, pushing out its banks. The men have vodka,

the women troubles, the children eczema to scratch at. Born into

this unforgiving environment, Nami, a young boy, embarks on a

journey with nothing but a bundle of nerves, a coat that was once

his grandfather's and the vague idea of searching for his mother,

who disappeared from his life at a young age. To uncover the

greatest mystery of his life, he must sail across and walk around

the lake and finally dive to its bottom.