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ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S TOP TEN BEST NEW BOOKS IN TRANSLATION ONE OF THE WHITE REVIEW'S BOOK OF THE YEAR The sensational Dutch bestseller: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's extraordinary portrait of a farming family distorted by grief, translated by Michele Hutchison. 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.
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The discomfort of evening, Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison
- Language
- Released
- 2020
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- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €2.59
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0571349366
- ISBN13
- 9780571349364
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Psychological Topics, Contemporary Fiction, Death, Faith, Loss, Church, Dutch Literature, Siblings, Netherlands, Guilt, Brothers, Farms, Homesteads, Big Book Thursday, Booker Prize, Skating, Puritans, Death of a Sibling
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- De avond is ongemak
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S TOP TEN BEST NEW BOOKS IN TRANSLATION ONE OF THE WHITE REVIEW'S BOOK OF THE YEAR The sensational Dutch bestseller: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's extraordinary portrait of a farming family distorted by grief, translated by Michele Hutchison. 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.