The discomfort of evening /
"Jas lives with her devout farming family in the rural Netherlands. One winter's day, her older brother joins an ice skating trip; resentful at being left alone, she makes a perverse plea to God; he never returns. As grief overwhelms the farm, Jas succumbs to a vortex of increasingly distu...
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Faber & Faber,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2020. |
Literature type: | Book |
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English Dutch |
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"Jas lives with her devout farming family in the rural Netherlands. One winter's day, her older brother joins an ice skating trip; resentful at being left alone, she makes a perverse plea to God; he never returns. As grief overwhelms the farm, Jas succumbs to a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies, watching her family disintegrate into a darkness that threatens to derail them all. "--Publisher. |
Item Description: |
Translated from the Dutch. Originally published: Amsterdam : Atlas Contact, 2018. Translation of: De avond is ongemak. |
Carrier Form: | 282 pages ; 22 cm |
Awards: | Booker International Prize 2020 |
ISBN: |
9780571349371 0571349374 |
Index Number: | PT5882 |
CLC: | I563.45 |
Call Number: | I563.45/R572-1 |