The Discomfort of Evening

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020

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Pub Date 5 Mar 2020 | Archive Date 18 Mar 2020

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LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020


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.


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

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020


The sensational Dutch bestseller: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's extraordinary portrait of a farming family distorted by grief, translated by Michele...


Advance Praise

'One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good. Utterly unforgettable ... It’s a classic.' Max Porter

'A rich and luminous novel about fate and grief.'Observer

'The literary name to know... gripping.'Vogue

'Viscerally immediate.'Guardian

'Rijneveld takes us into the bleak Dutch countryside, into a family's grief, and inside the mind of a girl who is in hiding from her own life. This beautiful, strange novel is filled with sentences that stopped me dead.'Chris Power

'One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good. Utterly unforgettable ... It’s a classic.' Max Porter

'A rich and luminous novel about fate and grief.'Observer

'The literary name to...


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ISBN 9780571349364
PRICE £12.99 (GBP)
PAGES 288

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