The water in the lake is never sweet
E-book, Czech
The water in the lake is never sweet
Lake Bracciano – an ancient crater now filled with water. The smell of muddy algae, dense sand and wet feathers. It is here that a family, fleeing the indifference of Rome, finds itself. The family is led by Antonia, a proud, stubborn woman who takes care of her disabled husband and four children on her own.
Antonia is uncompromisingly honest. She does not accept compromises. She believes in the common good – and yet she wants to teach her only daughter to rely only on herself and to hold her head high. And she learns. Not to complain. To study hard. To read books. But also to hide her mobile phone in a shoebox. To jump into the lake, even when the currents pull her down.
It seems that this freckled girl often bows her head, but when she looks up, the darkness of her eyes will consume you. She will not be bound by reason or commands. She will live wildly – like on nights when she speeds through the darkness on a scooter without lights. She responds to injustice with an unexpected explosion of violence, with the cool determination of a mute, merciless goddess. And destruction is thus inevitable.
The unsettling novel, The Water in the Lake is Never Sweet, has been translated into 25 languages.
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