The Discomfort of Evening

WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020: this sensational Dutch bestseller is 'a classic' (Max Porter).

Informationen zum Autor Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (b. 1991) grew up in a Reformed farming family in North Brabant before moving to Utrecht. One of the greatest new voices in Dutch literature , their first poetry collection, Calf's Caul , was awarded the C. Buddingh' Prize for best poetry debut in 2015, with the newspaper de Volkskrant naming them literary talent of the year. In 2018, Atlas Contact published their first novel, The Discomfort of Evening , which won the prestigious ANV Debut Prize and was a national bestseller. The UK edition won the Booker International Prize 2020 . Alongside their writing career, Rijneveld works on a dairy farm. Michele Hutchison was born in the UK and has lived in Amsterdam since 2004. After a period working as an editor, she became a literary translator from Dutch, and recently translated Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's The Discomfort of Evening which won the Booker International Prize 2020. Klappentext A wish for a brother to be taken instead of a pet comes to fruition, with guilt set to ensue. A bestseller in its native Netherlands. A lyrical and radical depiction of Dutch rural family life. Vorwort WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020 : this sensational Dutch bestseller is 'a classic ' (Max Porter). Zusammenfassung I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough, how many centimetres on the doorpost that was, and I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit.

Préface
WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020: this sensational Dutch bestseller is 'a classic' (Max Porter).

Auteur
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (b. 1991) grew up in a Reformed farming family in North Brabant before moving to Utrecht. One of the greatest new voices in Dutch literature, their first poetry collection, Calf's Caul, was awarded the C. Buddingh' Prize for best poetry debut in 2015, with the newspaper de Volkskrant naming them literary talent of the year. In 2018, Atlas Contact published their first novel, *The Discomfort of Evening*,which won the prestigious ANV Debut Prize and was a national bestseller. The UK edition won the Booker International Prize 2020. Alongside their writing career, Rijneveld works on a dairy farm. Michele Hutchison was born in the UK and has lived in Amsterdam since 2004. After a period working as an editor, she became a literary translator from Dutch, and recently translated Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's The Discomfort of Evening which won the Booker International Prize 2020.

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A wish for a brother to be taken instead of a pet comes to fruition, with guilt set to ensue. A bestseller in its native Netherlands. A lyrical and radical depiction of Dutch rural family life.

Résumé
I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough, how many centimetres on the doorpost that was, and I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit.