Description
In a rural farming family, ten-year-old Jas navigates the world with startling sensory precision—finding meaning in textures, sounds, and “blush words” that seem to live just outside the Bible. When a tragedy fractures the household, her imagination turns inward, transforming grief into a spiraling series of fantasies that grow darker and harder to contain. As Jas tries to make sense of what has been taken from her, the novel explores how language, faith, and childhood perception can both protect and unravel a life. With its radical, lyrical style and unsettling emotional clarity, this acclaimed debut by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld offers a haunting portrait of mourning, distortion, and the dangerous power of stories.
Available Editions
paperback
Faber & Faber, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2020
288 pages
ISBN: 9780571349364
paperback
Graywolf Press
Published Jan 1, 2020
224 pages
ISBN: 9781644451304
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Details
First Published
2020
Language
eng
Translation
From: nld
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Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Discomfort of the Evening by MARIEKE LUCAS. RIJNEVELD.