Reading order#
| # |
Title |
Published |
Author |
Buy on Amazon |
| 1 |
The Diving Pool |
1990 |
Yoko Ogawa |
Buy |
| 2 |
Dormitory |
2008 |
Yoko Ogawa |
Buy |
Yoko Ogawa’s short fiction distills her literary concerns into compact, unsettling pieces. The Diving Pool follows a young woman in an orphanage whose fascination with a boy’s diving practice takes a dark turn. Dormitory offers another compressed narrative of isolation and strangeness.
These shorter works showcase Ogawa’s talent for finding the disturbing in the mundane — her narrators observe the world with an intensity that transforms everyday details into something uncanny.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books are in the Yoko Ogawa Short Stories/Novellas series?
There are two books in the Yoko Ogawa Short Stories/Novellas series, published between 1990 and 2008.
What is the first book in the Yoko Ogawa Short Stories/Novellas series?
The first book in the Yoko Ogawa Short Stories/Novellas series is The Diving Pool, published in 1990.
What is The Diving Pool about?
The Diving Pool is a novella about a young woman raised in an orphanage who develops a disturbing obsession with a fellow resident’s diving practice. The story is characteristic of Ogawa’s ability to create unease from ordinary situations through precise, unsettling observations.