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The Discomfort of Evening

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

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The Discomfort of Evening was one of the Guardian's Top Ten Best New Books in Translation and one of the White Review's Books of the Year. 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. 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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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2020
ISBN-13
9780571349364
Genre
FictionHorror
Topics
Grief and lossChildhood traumaFamily dysfunctionComing of ageRural farm life

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