In twelve beautifully imagined stories linked by character and settingNational Magazine Award Winner Mark Slouka chronicles three generations of menand women un... » 

In twelve beautifully imagined stories linked by character and settingNational Magazine Award Winner Mark Slouka chronicles three generations of menand women under the spell of a landscape with a powerful history.Set in a tiny Czech community on the shores of upstate New Yorks Lost Lakethese elegiac stories explore both the quiet glory of the natural world and themysterious motions of the human spirit. In Genesis a young war veteranenvisions his legacy in a modest pasture. In The Shape of Water a boysrecollection of a momentous catch occasions a later reflection on the power ofinvented truths. In The Exile a young woman struggles unsuccessfullyagainst an adulterous passion. Through them all Lost Lake emerges as a placeof epic significance and enduring simplicity prompting memories bothchallenging and bittersweet. «