The Discomfort Of Evening (winners Of The Booker International Prize 2020)

By (author) Rijneveld, Lucas; Translated by Hutchison Michele
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*WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020*: this sensational Dutch bestseller is ''a classic'' (Max Porter)
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*WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020* *ONE OF THE GUARDIAN''S BEST BOOKS OF 2020* *A NYT CRITICS'' TOP BOOK OF 2020* ''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 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. ''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
Biographical note
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (b. 1991) grew up in a Reformed farming family in North Brabant before moving to Utrecht. One of the greatest new voices in Dutch literature, their first poetry collection, Calf''s Caul, was awarded the C. Buddingh'' Prize for best poetry debut in 2015, with the newspaper de Volkskrant naming them literary talent of the year. In 2018, Atlas Contact published their first novel, The Discomfort of Evening,which won the prestigious ANV Debut Prize and was a national bestseller. The UK edition won the Booker International Prize 2020. Alongside their writing career, Rijneveld works on a dairy farm. Michele Hutchison was born in the UK and has lived in Amsterdam since 2004. After a period working as an editor, she became a literary translator from Dutch, and recently translated Marieke Lucas Rijneveld''s The Discomfort of Evening which won the Booker International Prize 2020.
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*WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020*: this sensational Dutch bestseller is ''a classic'' (Max Porter)
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One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good. Utterly unforgettable ... A classic.
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Few reading experiences are more thrilling than a first novel that feels urgent and original. In the past decade, Teju Cole and Garth Greenwell both had these qualities ... As exhilarating a debut as I can remember.
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Intensely raw, shockingly graphic, and memorable ... Rijneveld has created something exceptional.
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Translator Michele Hutchison deftly switches between registers and gives Jas a strong, unique voice ... Poetic, mannered language, realistic bleakness and descent into surreal darkness ... Compelling ... Fascinating characters and themes.
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Translated by Michele Hutchison, Rijneveld''s writing is raw and impassive, though often grotesquely vivid ... A pretty remarkable debut. Confident in its brutality, yet contained rather than gratuitous, it introduces