The Discomfort of Evening Shortlisted for the Booker International Prize 2020
Winner of the Booker International Prize 2020
- 'One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good ... A classic.' Max Porter
- 'Exceptional' (Financial Times)
- 'Exhilarating' (Independent)
'Luminous' (Observer) - 'Beautifully wild' (Guardian)
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, exquisitely captured in Michele Hutchison's translation.
- 'The Most Talked About Debut Novel Of 2020 Already' [Dazed & Confused]
- One of Vogue's Top Five Debuts Of 2020
- One of The Observer's Highlights Of 2020
- One of The Guardian's Top Ten Best New Books in Translation
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Specificaties
- ISBN
- 9780571349364
- Uitgever
- Faber & Faber
- Datum
- 19-03-2020
- Taal
- Engels
- Bladzijden
- 272 pp.
- Bindwijze
- Paperback Paperback C
- Genre
- Engelstalige literatuur
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