Reading the World 2008: The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa
This is the twelfth Reading the World 2008 title we’re covering. (Almost half-way!) Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the month ...
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Latest Review: The Diving Pool
Our latest review is a not entirely positive piece on Yoko Ogawa’s The Diving
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The Diving Pool
I have to admit right upfront that I was disappointed by this book. I had such high hopes based on all the people involved, the fact that it’s a 2008 Reading the World title, the pretty cover (which Picador is plastering everywhere these days), the blurb from Kenzaburo Oe, etc. In the end though, this just simply ...
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