The Discomfort of Evening

*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.