Lost Lake: Stories
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Book Overview
Set in a tiny Czech community on the shores of Lost Lake, these stories chronicle three generations of men and women under the spell of a landscape with a powerful history. Mark Slouka explores both... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0375402152
ISBN13:9780375402159
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Alfred A. Knopf
Length:177 Pages
Weight:0.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
yes beautiful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Not much to add to the reviews below, aside from the fact that I agree with them completely. Slouka's writing approaches poetry in its effect. Beautiful.
Perceptive & Poetic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Mr. Slouka is a fine writer. His words are beautifully strung together, his vision of the world elevates the mundane into poetry. For this reader, such writing is much like a fancy cake or bonbon ~ the gorgeous product of excellent talent and grand effort. Best read in small, savored bits. Recommended.
A superb collection of short stories.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book brought me more reading enjoyment than any I have read in a number of years. Slouka has a talent which only some short story writers possess--the ability to pull you into the narrative with the first sentence or two. The character insights are first-rate and each story is a polished jewel.A great read!
Beautifully written
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This collection of essays and short stories is poignant. My eyes frequently teared over. It is rare, I think, to find lovely, melancholy tales that question love and sense of place and are written in a male voice from a male perspective. "Lost Lake", due to the finely crafted writing and the emotional chords it struck, has now been placed in a section of a bookcase where I safely guard two dozen books that are very important to me. Highly recommended for all readers, but particularly for men who see the world with a sensitive perspective, and who search to provide themselves with an emotional sense of time and place.
Beautiful storytelling
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
I was disappointed at first to see that these stories are loosely bound to a 'theme': one locale ("forty acres of water") one family (started in Czechoslavakia, emigrated to NY), and some ... fishing. I needn't have worried, because there is a world of experience and observation in these, along with masterful, thrifty use of language, attention to detail - and much love, yearning, and compassion. The voice is constant and consistent; the stories are told meticulously and with great clarity. "The Woodcarver's Tale," centered on the narrator's father, is heartbreaking. In "Equinox" Slouka combines the mundane and the tragic - seamlessly. A very satisfying collection of stories.
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