Displaying 1 of 1 2020 Format: Book Author: Rijneveld, Lucas author. Title: The discomfort of evening : a novel / Marieke Lucas Rijnveld ; translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison. Publisher, Date: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2020. ©2018 Description: 282 pages ; 21 cm Summary: "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"--FantasticFiction.com. Subjects: Brothers -- Death -- Fiction. Accidents -- Fiction. Guilt -- Fiction. Grief -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Netherlands -- Fiction. Other Author: Hutchison, Michele, translator. Notes: "First published in Dutch by Atlas Contact, Amsterdam, in 2018. First published in English by Faber & Faber Ltd, London, in 2020"--Title page verso. In English, translated from the Dutch. "Short-listed for the International Booker Prize"--Cover. ISBN: 9781644450345 1644450348 Other Number: 1136966699 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 849762 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: FICTION Rijnevel Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
