The Discomfort of Evening
Author(s): Marieke Lucas Rijneveld; Michele Hutchison (Translator)
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2020. The sensational Dutch bestseller: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's extraordinary portrait of a farming family distorted by grief. I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.' Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh winters; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads; the sound of 'blush words' that aren't in the Bible. But when a tragic accident ruptures the family, her curiosity warps into a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies - unlocking a darkness that threatens to derail them all. A bestselling sensation in the Netherlands, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's radical debut novel is studded with images of wild, violent beauty: a world of language unlike any other.
Product Information
Winner International Booker Prize 2020
General Fields
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- : Faber & Faber
- : Faber & Faber
- : 0.299
- : 01 October 2017
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- : books
Special Fields
- : Marieke Lucas Rijneveld; Michele Hutchison (Translator)
- : Paperback
- : 2005
- : English
- : 839.3137
- : very good
- : 288