Raven Lake. Louson M.

“Raven Lake” - of those rare literary finds that they are captured immediately and irrevocably, quietly, imperceptibly, but confident. The book is so emotionally rich and at the same time calm that from the very first pages it becomes clear that only a very talented author can write this. The leisurely, but full of huge tension, the story unfolds in the “barren lands” of the Northern Ontario, where human hardships seem to be reflected in a harsh landscape. The Morrison family differs from the surrounding farmers - since the times of great -grandmother they are striving for serious education, and now the young hatch and Matt, who graduate from the school, seem to be the first in the family, who will receive it. But a fatal case turns over their whole life. From childhood, Kate Morrison has been watching what is happening in his native village, strange stories that happen in the family of neighbors whose life is an endless Greek tragedy, she tries to figure out the drama or everyday events. Her story about childhood, youth, about brothers, about neighbors, about herself delayed, like a pool in a deep lake. “Raven Lake” is a story of growing up four children living in a bear corner, a poetic elegy, chanting the restrained beauty of the Northern Territory, and a deep psychological novel. Without plot special effects, the book tries to answer the questions, which is stronger - circumstances or character, psychological trauma or the desire to live.