---
product_id: 111289154
title: "Lake, The"
brand: "banana yoshimoto"
price: "69366 kr"
currency: ISK
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
category: "Books"
url: https://www.desertcart.is/products/111289154-lake
store_origin: IS
region: Iceland
---

# Lake, The

**Brand:** banana yoshimoto
**Price:** 69366 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Lake, The by banana yoshimoto
- **How much does it cost?** 69366 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.is](https://www.desertcart.is/products/111289154-lake)

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- banana yoshimoto enthusiasts

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## Description

About the Author
        	  
        	  
        		  
        			Banana Yoshimoto wrote her first novel, Kitchen, while working as a waitress at a golf-course restaurant. It sold millions of copies worldwide, and led to a phenomenon dubbed by Western journalists as “Banana-mania.” Yoshimoto has gone on to be one of the biggest-selling and most distinguished writers in Japanese history, winning numerous awards for her work. The Lake is her thirteenth book of fiction.Michael Emmerich has translated numerous books by Banana Yoshimoto, and is also known for his translations of Nobel Prize-winner Yasunari Kawabata.

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## Customer Reviews

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    The fragility of life
  

*by M***R on 31 March 2014*









  
  
    This is a strange, somehow fragile short novel  in which very liitle happens, but which paints a gentle and haunting picture of the fragility of life. It tells the tale of two loney people who come together and find peace in each other's company, helping them to overcome the  pain of the losses from their earlier lives.Vey different from Western fiction, this is good reading which may remind the reader a little of Murakami, without being as compelling
  


### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Five Stars
  

*by S***I on 20 June 2018*









  
  
    Thank you
  


### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Beautifully Simple
  

*by M***E on 21 December 2012*









  
  
    I'd agree with most of what the other reviewers have said. I'm struck that this is a translated work, as there's a great transparency to the writing which is moving in its economy and simplicity. As a big fan of Kazuo Ishiguro, I stumbled across this and was not disappointed (although similarities are there, they're not enormous)
  


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*Last updated: 2026-05-18*