The Diving Pool Three Novellas
The Diving Pool Three Novellas by Yoko Ogawa, published by Picador in July 2025, presents a collection of three novellas that delve into themes of love, motherhood, and obsession. This edition, written in English and spanning 192 pages, marks the first major English translation of Ogawa’s work, showcasing her unique narrative style and exploration of the complexities of human relationships.
Readers will encounter a lonely teenage girl whose infatuation with her foster brother leads to unexpected consequences, a young woman documenting her sister’s pregnancy that blurs the lines of reality, and a nostalgic visit to a college dormitory run by a mysterious figure. Each novella reveals the subtle yet unsettling nature of ordinary lives, where even innocent actions can harbor darker intentions. The Diving Pool offers a thought-provoking examination of the human psyche, making it a significant addition to the realms of literature and fiction.
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The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japan’s bestselling and most celebrated authors.
From 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.
A 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.
A 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?
A woman nostalgically visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo, a boardinghouse run by a mysterious triple amputee with one leg.
Hauntingly spare, beautiful, and twisted, The Diving Pool is a disquieting and at times darkly humorous collection of novellas about normal people who suddenly discover their own dark possibilities.
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