{"product_id":"9781529955712","title":"The Diving Pool","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Ogawa, Yoko \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 September 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Weird Girls' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 13 | 132g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree strange, tortuous stories from the shadow queen of contemporary Japanese fiction. A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster-brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool - sparking an unspoken infatuation that draws out darker possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young woman records the daily moods of her pregnant sister in a diary, but rather than a story of growth the diary reveals a more sinister tale of greed and repulsion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDriven by nostalgia, a woman visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo. There she finds an isolated world shadowed by decay, haunted by absent students and the unsettling figure of the looming caretaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Classics Weird Girls series: Dive into the depraved, delectable depths of weird fiction with nine books by nine pioneering female authors. Bold, disruptive, chilling and enchanting, these tales of the weird are strange enough to get lost in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55504671211896,"sku":"9781529955712","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781529955712.jpg?v=1773927176","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529955712","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}