＊ 作者的这本书再次获得2015年的AUGUST PRIZE
＊本书原文为瑞典文，有完整英语书稿。
＊作者的前一本小说 The Boys 获得2011年的August Prize，并提名2013年的Nordic Council Children and Young People's literature prize。The Boys 也被拍成电影，并被选为多伦多电影节的开幕影片，预告： http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/contemporaryworldcinema/girls-lost。
这本书的故事，或多或少都曾发生过在你我身上。年少的我曾疯狂的爱着某个人，当时那种无法言喻，全部梗塞在喉头间，亦热亦痛的感受，作者都写出来了，我读这本小说时，我知道自己也当过Esther，她的感受，我都经历过，那么甜蜜、那么痛苦。过去我也曾经目睹过，发生在这群青少年身边的暴力事件。我知道，我经历过的事绝不是特例。作者之所以会写这本书，也是因为她年轻时，新闻报导了类似的事件，那件事震惊了全瑞典。直到今天，类似的事件依然层出不穷。我想这也是为什么这本小说能有如此亮眼的表现，让作者频频得奖。
今年夏天，Esther 与 Issac 疯狂爱上彼此。今年夏天，他们的爱蒙上污点、崩解，然后又复活。今年夏天，一名男孩死在河边。而且Issac的弟弟当时就在哪里。
爱让Esther与Issac 的生命充满活力，却也让他们失去自我。
Issac 的弟弟Anton非常孤独，在没有人注意，也没有人想注意的时候，Anton和有暴力倾向的Ruben愈走愈近，然后造成不可挽回的事实……
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好评
It is a novel that can be read by anyone. Anyone who has ever been madly in love, anyone who has ever thought about evil, about power, about the things that influence us to take action. Is it love, is it fear, or is it the need for acceptance? Jessica Schiefauer provides no answers. But she places her linguistic spotlight on the matters in a way that makes it difficult to stop reading. --Maria Friedner, Jönköpings-Posten
The portrayal of Ester’s tenacious concern, Isak’s critical surrender which gradually turns into something close to disgust, and the atrocious consequences of the inner chaos – that story is truly pivotal, and very urgent reading for anyone who is 17 and struggling to understand oneself. Here, Schiefauer writes confidently and mercilessly about inner and outer cruelties, which she doubtlessly knows plenty about. The story does not really concern murder or neo-Nazism, but the desperate war that arises within and in between people who are put through an emotional meat grinder. Which is something that happens to everyone, sooner or later, in one way or another. And when that day arrives, it’s important to have read a book such as “The Eyes of the Lake”. --Martina Montelius, Expressen
It is exactly that complexity which makes it such a good read. But what about the dogs? No, they are neither police dogs nor cadaver dogs, but guard dogs designated to protect the perpetrator’s family from assailants. They appear as a steadfast extra layer of skin. As an assurance, but above all, as a consolation. And “The Eyes of the Lake” sure is a successful YA portrayal of consolation. Despite death, despite the end of love. --Ida Säll, Svenska Dagbladet
Rarely have I read a novel that offers such depths and at the same time shows coherence. Jessica Schiefauer also lets the light in with a prose, a text that is at once moderate and matter-of-fact but also lucid and constantly in glimmering motion /.../ Jessica Schiefauer’s story and prose are so intimate that it is almost impossible to detach one event from another, one impression from the other /.../ It is painful, it is beautiful, it is urgent. A magnificent read. --Pia Huss, Dagens Nyheter
It is a brutal story. Occasionally the content is hardly bearable to read /.../ “The Eyes of the Lake” is a violent and captivating novel. Already from the start the pages are seething with an ominous mood. Schiefauer also uses lake water and dogs as strong, allegorical reflections, finding their way under the skin and into the dreams. It is as elegant as it is powerful. --Jonna Fries, Borås Tidning
Nowadays we have elevated our discourse and raised our awareness but still, history repeats itself. And everyone is affected by hatred, in one way or the other. For that reason, and for the emotional depiction in particular, I hope that a lot of people read this book. --Bella Stenberg, GP Kultur