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The discomfort of evening : a novel / Marieke Lucas Rijneveld ; translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison.

Summary:

"Ten-year-old Jas lives with her strictly religious parents and her siblings on a dairy farm where waste and frivolity are akin to sin. Despite the dreary routine of their days, Jas has a unique way of experiencing her world: her face soft like cheese under her mother's hands; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads in the village; the sound of "blush words" that aren't in the Bible. One icy morning, the disciplined rhythm of her family's life is ruptured by a tragic accident, and Jas is convinced she is to blame. As her parents' suffering makes them increasingly distant, Jas and her siblings develop a curiosity about death that leads them into disturbing rituals and fantasies. Cocooned in her red winter coat, Jas dreams of "the other side" and of salvation, not knowing where this dreaming will finally lead her. A best seller in the Netherlands, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's radical debut novel offers readers a rare vision of rural and religious life in the Netherlands. In it, she asks: In the absence of comfort and care, what can the mind of a child invent to protect itself? And what happens when that is not enough? With stunning psychological acuity and images of haunting, violent beauty, Rijneveld has created a captivating world of language unlike any other"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781644450345 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 282 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Graywolf Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in Dutch by Atlas Contact, Amsterdam, in 2018. First published in English by Faber & Faber Ltd, London, in 2020."--Title page verso.
Language Note:
In English, translated from the Dutch.
Subject: Brothers > Death > Fiction.
Accidents > Fiction.
Guilt > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Netherlands > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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