{"product_id":"the-diving-pool-three-novellas-paperback","title":"The Diving Pool: Three Novellas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoko Ogawa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLaura Van Den Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first major English translation of one of contemporary Japan's bestselling and most celebrated authors.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Akutagawa Prize-winning author Yoko Ogawa comes a trio of novellas about love, motherhood, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures contain a hairline crack of cruel intent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman nostalgically visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo, a boardinghouse run by a mysterious triple amputee with one leg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHauntingly spare, beautiful, and twisted, \u003ci\u003eThe Diving Pool\u003c\/i\u003e is a disquieting and at times darkly humorous collection of novellas about normal people who suddenly discover their own dark possibilities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoko Ogawa\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope. \u003c\/i\u003eSince 1988 she has published more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, and she has won Japan's most prestigious literary awards. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Housekeeper and the Professor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRevenge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Diving Pool. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Japanese literature at Middlebury College. His translations include works by Kenzaburō Ōe, Ryu Murakami, Natsuo Kirino, and Miri Yu.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987962134829,"sku":"9781250375964","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Wa0FxwsIul9781250375964.webp?v=1776188446","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-diving-pool-three-novellas-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}