{"product_id":"the-lakes-water-is-never-sweet-hardcover","title":"The Lake's Water Is Never Sweet - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiulia Caminito\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn her English-language debut, award-winning Italian novelist Giulia Caminito follows a teenage girl as her family transitions from Rome's impoverished outskirts to a fraught new beginning in a tranquil lakeside town, capturing the disillusionment, loneliness, and rage that defined a generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1990s, Gaia's family moves from the neglected peripheries of Rome to an idyllic lakeside town twenty miles away, in search of a new life that will lift them out of poverty. Each of them bears their own scars: Gaia's strong-willed mother is fiercely determined to secure a better future for her children at any cost; her father, a once proud man, now suffers in bitter silence after a devastating accident; her anarchist older brother rebels against the political apathy he sees at home; and her young twin brothers wordlessly bear witness to a family in decay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Gaia meets two local girls, Agata and Carlotta, the trio builds a fragile friendship throughout their adolescence based as much on their insecurities and jealousies as it is on their mutual affection. Gaia's encounters with callous boys and contemptuous teachers convince her that she might always be an outsider--excluded from a privileged life and perhaps even beyond the possibility of happiness. Faced with bullying and betrayals among her peers and immense pressure from her mother to excel, Gaia turns inward and her world becomes increasingly insular. Then tragedy strikes her friend group. As more friends slip away and her family fractures, Gaia vows to make the world pay for all the things it has denied her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Campiello Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Lake's Water Is Never Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching portrait of a generation, striving to make a place for themselves in a world markedly different from the one their parents promised them. With psychological acuity and stylish prose, Caminito takes us into the volatile, searching mind of a young woman torn between her desire to connect with others and her drive for self-preservation. In a novel that has been acclaimed by readers around the world, Caminito shows how tenderness and fragility often lie just beneath the surface of simmering fury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiulia Caminito's \u003c\/b\u003efirst novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Big A\u003c\/i\u003e (Giunti, 2016), won the Bagutta Opera Prima Prize, the Berto Prize, and the Brancati Giovani Prize. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Day Will Come\u003c\/i\u003e (Bompiani, 2019), \u003ci\u003eThe Lake's Water Is Never Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e (Bompiani, 2021), and \u003ci\u003eAmatissime\u003c\/i\u003e (Giulio Perrone, 2022). \u003ci\u003eThe Lake's Water Is Never Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2021 Campiello Prize and was a finalist for the Strega Prize. Caminito's books have been translated in over 20 countries. She lives in Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHope Campbell Gustafson's\u003c\/b\u003e previous book-length translations include \u003ci\u003eCommander of the River\u003c\/i\u003e by Ubah Cristina Ali Farah and \u003ci\u003eIslands-New Islands: A Vagabond Guide to Rome\u003c\/i\u003eby Marco Lodoli. From Minneapolis, now living in Brooklyn, she also works for the Civitella Ranieri Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379232043110,"sku":"9781954118669","price":37.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YK0dviUMMq9781954118669.webp?v=1768918171","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-lakes-water-is-never-sweet-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}