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The discomfort of evening Shortlisted for the booker international prize 2020 by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld; Michele Hutchison (translation) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's radical debut novel is studded with images of wild, violent beauty: a world of language unlike any other. Translated by Michele Hutchison.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 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 Evening is a radical reading experience that will leave you changed forever."Combining a disarming new sensibility with a translation of singular sensitivity, The Discomfort of Evening is a tender and visceral evocation of a childhood caught between shame

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Author

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld; Michele Hutchison (translation)

Publisher

Faber & Faber, Limited

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571349388

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Fiction, Contemporary Fiction