http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/ a literary handout Thu, 17 May 2012 10:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-31082 Book Publishers Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:15:46 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-31082 I’m going to look out for this when it’s published. The whole subtle idea of ‘wrong’, or even cruel, emotions in the context of ordinary people and their ordinary relationships, is strangely appealing. It’s nice to feel unsettled, once in a while. I’m going to look out for this when it’s published. The whole subtle idea of ‘wrong’, or even cruel, emotions in the context of ordinary people and their ordinary relationships, is strangely appealing. It’s nice to feel unsettled, once in a while.

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-21561 booklit Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:56:53 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-21561 [...] The Diving Pool, Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder from the Japanese (Harvill Secker) [...] […] The Diving Pool, Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder from the Japanese (Harvill Secker) […]

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-19379 NEAR Review Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:03:08 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-19379 [...] Stewart, not so positive “[That t]here’s much to appreciate here, and that Ogawa has a back [...] […] Stewart, not so positive “[That t]here’s much to appreciate here, and that Ogawa has a back […]

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-12345 Vitro Nasu » Blog Archive » Yoko Ogawa Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:40:20 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-12345 [...] The Diving Pool, her first book translated to English, is not a novel but a collection of three novellas from early in her career, of about fifty pages, loosely connected by their content. All three are told by young women with a skewed outlook on reality relating stories about family members. In each, Ogawa deploys an precise style that maintains an eerie distance between the narrator and event, her words clinical and charged with meaning, always leading with a slow build that concludes with a twist - although backstroke is probably more apt. - Diving Pool [...] […] The Diving Pool, her first book translated to English, is not a novel but a collection of three novellas from early in her career, of about fifty pages, loosely connected by their content. All three are told by young women with a skewed outlook on reality relating stories about family members. In each, Ogawa deploys an precise style that maintains an eerie distance between the narrator and event, her words clinical and charged with meaning, always leading with a slow build that concludes with a twist - although backstroke is probably more apt. - Diving Pool […]

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-12265 MetaFilter Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:45:42 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-12265 [...] 15, 2008 1:05 PM   Subscribe "A dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare" - that's The Diving Pool, a newly published collection of three novellas by Yoko Ogawa. Despite having won every major [...] […] 15, 2008 1:05 PM   Subscribe "A dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare" - that’s The Diving Pool, a newly published collection of three novellas by Yoko Ogawa. Despite having won every major […]

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-11293 Vulpine Favourites and More: Short Stories « Vulpes Libris Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:02:09 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-11293 [...] short stories don’t do much for me. But a recent collection I read, Yoko Ogawa’s The Diving Pool, still lingers in my thoughts, its subtleties playing over and over as my subconscious considers [...] […] short stories don’t do much for me. But a recent collection I read, Yoko Ogawa’s The Diving Pool, still lingers in my thoughts, its subtleties playing over and over as my subconscious considers […]

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-9879 steffee Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:54:00 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-9879 Ah... I did search and saw 2008 and just assumed it wouldn't be yet. Duh! Ah… I did search and saw 2008 and just assumed it wouldn’t be yet. Duh!

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-9878 Stewart Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:48:32 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-9878 steffee, it <em>is</em> published. It was released at the start of this month. steffee, it is published. It was released at the start of this month.

]]> http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-9877 steffee Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:40:16 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/17/yoko-ogawa-the-diving-pool/#comment-9877 I'm going to look out for this when it's published. The whole subtle idea of 'wrong', or even cruel, emotions in the context of ordinary people and their ordinary relationships, is strangely appealing. It's nice to feel unsettled, once in a while. I’m going to look out for this when it’s published. The whole subtle idea of ‘wrong’, or even cruel, emotions in the context of ordinary people and their ordinary relationships, is strangely appealing. It’s nice to feel unsettled, once in a while.

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