The Bukowski brothers have become famous for saving a baby from drowning, and their reward is much more valuable than fame: a whole summer at the local swimming pool! Every day, they will push their limits in and out of the water and turn this gift into the best summer of their lives. With a lot of humor and a fine sensibility, " Piscina" tells the story of three children who walk for miles to achieve that dream summer that remains forever in one's memory: the one in which we are children, but start to leave childhood behind, among the smell of hot stones, chlorine, and the humidity of our swimsuits.
"The special feature of this story is the depiction of the family: solidarity, mutual support and understanding for each other are so natural that one wants to be friends with the Bukowskis immediately. The fact that this is told without pathos, without much fuss, but still exciting is the great merit of this outstanding children's novel."
Jury statement, German Children's Literature Award
"At the center of this friendly and sensitively narrated story - which is almost too good to be true, but only almost - is the everyday life of the Bukowski family. Which is a bit rough and at the same time so warm-hearted that you would immediately abandon mountains and seaside, just to join them in their three-room apartment one summer evening to eat noodles with tomato sauce and to have them telling how it was, the whole day at the lido."
