Relentlessly observant miraculously expressive these [stories] see through the mirrored surface into a hidden yet strangely intimate world. New York Times Book ReviewSet 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 the quiet glory of the natural world and the mysterious motions of the human spirit.A New York Times Notable Book A California Book Award Silver Medalist for Fiction