Lit in Translation

The Discomfort of Evening

De avond is ongemak

Lucas Rijneveld (born 1991)

Translated by Michele Hutchison

English editions

In English

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One winter day Matthies sets off to go skating and never returns. His little sister Jas, growing up on a strictly Reformed dairy farm, is left bewildered, and through her eyes we watch each member of the family cope with the loss. Their parents are so numbed by sorrow that they fail to see Jas, her younger sister Hanna and their brother Obbe slowly losing their way. Obbe leads the children in grim experiments on animals, while Hanna and Jas long for a rescuer to carry them away to the Other Side and teach them about sex.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
270 pages in the original
Genres
Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
Set in
Netherlands
First published
2018 by Atlas Contact
Author's age
27 when first published
ISBN

9789025444112 (original)

9780571349364 (Faber & Faber, United Kingdom)

9781644450345 (Graywolf Press, United States)

9780571349371 (Faber & Faber, United Kingdom)

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