I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... and I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.'\nJas lives with her devout farming family in the rural Netherlands. One winter's day, her older brother joins an ice skating trip; resentful at being left alone, she makes a perverse plea to God; he never returns. As grief overwhelms the farm, Jas succumbs to a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies, watching her family disintegrate into a darkness that threatens to derail them all.\nA bestselling sensation in the Netherlands by a prize-winning young poet, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's debut novel lays everything bare. It is a world of language unlike any other, which Michele Hutchison's striking translation captures in all its wild, violent beauty. Studded with unforgettable images - visceral, raw, surreal - The Discomfort of the Evening is a radical reading experience that will leave you changed forever.

Discomfort Of Evening

Rijneveld, Marieke Lucas

Faber&Faber

*WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020* 
*ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020* 
*A NYT CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF 2020*\n'One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good ... A classic.' Max Porter 
'Haunting . . . reminded me a lot of Iain Bank. It's incredible that it's a debut.' Douglas Stuart\nThe sensational Dutch bestseller: 
'Exceptional' (Financial Times) 
'Exhilarating' (Independent) 
'Luminous' (Observer) 
'Beautifully wild' (Guardian) 
'An earthy and irreverent new voice, thrillingly uninhibited' (New York Times)\nI asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.'\nTen-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.\nA 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.\n'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

The Discomfort of Evening: WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020

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The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel

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WINNER OF THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A stark and gripping tale of childhood grief from one of the most exciting new voices in Dutch literature Ten-year-old Jas lives with her strictly religious parents and her siblings on a dairy farm where waste and frivolity are akin to sin. Despite the dreary routine of their days, Jas has a unique way of experiencing her world: her face soft like cheese under her mother's hands; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads in the village; the sound of "blush words" that aren't in the Bible. One icy morning, the disciplined rhythm of her family's life is ruptured by a tragic accident, and Jas is convinced she is to blame. As her parents' suffering makes them increasingly distant, Jas and her siblings develop a curiosity about death that leads them into disturbing rituals and fantasies. Cocooned in her red winter coat, Jas dreams of "the other side" and of salvation, not knowing where this dreaming will finally lead her. A bestseller in the Netherlands, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's radical debut novel The Discomfort of Evening offers readers a rare vision of rural and religious life in the Netherlands. In it, they ask: In the absence of comfort and care, what can the mind of a child invent to protect itself? And what happens when that is not enough? With stunning psychological acuity and images of haunting, violent beauty, Rijneveld has created a captivating world of language unlike any other.

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Smith, Ali

JONES, ALLEN

RUSCHA, ED

TOVEY, RUSSELL

GEHRY, FRANK

McMillan, Andrew

LITTLE, HELEN

HOCKNEY, DAVID

OXTOBY, DAVID

Cusset. Catherine

PFEIFFER, WALTER

HAWORTH, JANN

DIJKSTRA, RINEKE

Jones. Owen

SALTER, GREGORY

SLEEP, WAYNE

QUARLES, CHRISTINA

RAVELLA, BRUNO

STREULI, CHRISTINE

PEAKE, EDDIE

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La inquietud de la noche

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