Farm Under a Lake

Martha Bergland. Vintage Books USA, $9.95 (199pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73011-8

Visiting the Illinois area where she spent her childhood, a woman contemplates her former, young self and her faltering love for her husband. ``Luminous, limpid prose, unmarred by false notes or easy cliches,'' lauded PW. ``This fine first novel is marked in all aspects by deftness, honesty and compassion.'' (Dec.)

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