The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
*WINNER
OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020*
'One
of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good ... A classic.' Max
Porter The sensational Dutch bestseller: 'Exceptional' (Financial Times)
'Exhilarating' (Independent) 'Luminous' (Observer) 'Beautifully wild'
(Guardian) 'An earthy and irreverent new voice, thrillingly uninhibited' (New
York Times) 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.
| Proizvod je dostupan: | DA |
| Izdavač: | Faber and Faber |
| ISBN: | 9780571349371 |
| Godina izdanja: | 2020 |
| Broj stranica: | 288 |
| Težina: | 250 |
| Tip uveza: | Paperback |
O autoru
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (1991, Nieuwendijk,
Nizozemska) koristi rodno neutralnu zamjenicu oni. Odrasli su u
kalvinističko-protestantskoj porodici u Sjevernom Brabantu prije nego što su se
preselili u Utrecht. Za prvu zbirku poezije Teleće runo (Kalfsvlies), osvojili
su Nagradu C. Buddingh' za najbolje debitantsko poetsko djelo 2015, a novine De
Volkskrant su ih proglasili književnim talentom godine. Za svjetski bestseler
Nelagoda večeri, osvojili su Međunarodnog Bookera 2020. Pored toga što se bave
pisanjem, Rijneveld rade na mliječnoj farmi.