Shockingly good ... A classic.' I thought Tyll was extraordinary. We’d love your help. One of the greatest new voices in Dutch literature, their first poetry collection, “I’ve discovered that there are two ways of losing your belief: some people lose God when they find themselves; some people lose God when they lose themselves.”, “Lots of people want to run away, but the ones who really do rarely announce it beforehand: they just go.”. Then I imagine how I’ll cope as an orphan and what I’ll tell the teacher about the cause of their deaths.” (Loc 534-541). That doesn’t mean it has to be cosy or uplifting, but it should have something to alleviate the bleaker bits. I thought he (or Jas upon his command maybe) was going to skin somebody alive. Learn how your comment data is processed. More research is showing that sensitivity to pain and pain conditions follow a 24-hour — or circadian — rhythm. Born in 1991, Rijneveld has previously published a book of poetry which led a Dutch newspaper to declare them the literary talent of the year. I am very open to reading transgressive fiction and not usually easily grossed out but I have to say, this book was pretty challenging...from depressing to distressing to disturbing. This book is fucking disgusting. By that point she is so far gone…she has not gone “poo” (her words not mine) since her brother died and her abdomen looks likes she’s expecting with all the crap she is storing up…she’s tossed her younger sister in a lake…she wears a ragged old coat all the time and has reverted to wetting her bed. There are extended scenes of him killing animals, and graphic scenes where the siblings engage in sexual acts. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. And yet, and yet...I can absolutely see why this has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International. The storytelling is no doubt very good but it’s too dark for me. No: Not everything is to everyone’s taste. When I was in my twenties I used to actively seek out books that would shock me, real taboo breakers. Read my full review of this on the Irish Times: Every now and then the publishing world believes it's found a new literary wunderkind – someone whose prose and voice is so daringly original it breaks the mould of fiction. Up to a point it became repetitive to the point of numbing me to it and I was bored. I have been debating with myself about trying to read this again but I don’t think I will. THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENING (De Avond Is Ongemak)by Marieke Lucas RijneveldTranslated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison(Winner of Booker International 2020)Genre: Literary FictionRating: 2/5NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL. The literary community generally crowns the infamous title of the most disgusting piece of prose … It is about Jas, a girl of around 10, trying to make sense of the world around her after the death of her brother. It takes place in the rural Netherlands, where her family runs a farm with cows. Agreed. Sex, death, and religion, farm-work, the utter abjectness of being a creature in this world: these are things that are interesting. I wanted to say thank you to @faberbooks for bringing this book into my life but I’m not sure that’s the right term - thank you for gifting me one of the most disturbing, discomfiting books I’ve ever read? It definitely has something about it that is unique and arresting, albeit very disquieting. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Jas lives on her family’s farm in the Netherlands. (As I think on it, these books are good company for each other.) I wanted to just finish it so that I could be over and done with it. An impossible book to review, in a way. Bestellingen kunnen gratis afgehaald worden in de winkels. Epigones such as Jeroen Brouwers, A.F.Th. How to download the “The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld” eBook online from the US, UK, Canada, and the rest of the world? . I haven't thought about the casual relentless meanness of our childhood years for a long time. There is also excessive talk of excrement, but they’ll take away my lit degree if I don’t clarify that Jas’s constipation is a metaphor for grief. Ik lees net het dubbelinterview met Spinvis en Marieke Lucas, wat me raakte en vervolgens open ik mijn mail en zie dat jij haar boek net gelezen hebt. . The discomfort of evening *winner of the booker international prize 2020* &one of the best debut novels i have ever read. It is about Jas, a girl of around 10, trying to make sense of the world around her after the death of her brother. Incredibly well written but a difficult and uncomfortable r. Brilliant review, thank you - again, exactly how I felt, and I think I’m still processing. Marieke Lucas Rijneveld grew up in a Reformed farming family in North Brabant (NL) before moving to Utrecht. Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try. When I was young my brother used to punch me faux-playfully with just one knuckle, in a way that looked harmless even to my parents. The child along with her siblings start trying a number of strange things mostly sexual experiments, violent experiments, experiments at nearly dying etc. “The Discomfort of Evening” is their debut novel and it has also been acclaimed in the Netherlands having been nominated for the Libris Literature Prize and won the ANV Debut Prize. It takes place in the rural Netherlands, where her family runs a farm with cows. Epigones such as Jeroen Brouwers, A.F.Th. Obviosly the novel has many qualities and I am probably losing by not reading it but I am not forcing myself. The Discomfort of Evening was a big hit in it’s native Holland back in 2018 and I can see why. Welcome back. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Born in 1991, Rijneveld has previously published a book of poetry which led a Dutch newspaper to declare them the literary talent of the year. And now it's been longlisted for the. Winners of literary awards are often very “literary.” I expected any discomfort to be dressed with fancy metaphors to the point of being unrecognizable. Boring Book Recommendation: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Je geeft het drie sterren, ben jij streng of viel het tegen? I felt very uncomfortable reading this novel. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The voice of Jas is vibrant, combining the limited understanding of that age with what she can observe and with what she's understood from what others have taught her - religion, science, manners. The Discomfort of Evening works best when it acts as a study on the manifestations of grief. Then I lie in the light of the North Sea, waiting for it to go quiet. (3.5*) A visceral and raw look at grief, dealing with lots of issues—from mental health to animal cruelty, sexual abuse, and everything in between—this is not a book to enjoy; however, it's still a compelling read. In totaal heeft AKO meer dan 100 vestigingen. This is a novel that is designed to make the reader feel uncomfortable, to squirm and be amazed at the perverse actions of the human race. When I learned it lost the 2020 International Booker Prize to The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, I immediately read Discomfort. We're very close now. The Discomfort of Evening - 9780571349371 - Contemporary Fiction - 'One of the best debut novels I have ever read. An impossible book to review, in a way. Up to a point it became repetitive to the point of numbing me to it and I was bored. [ Four-fifths of the way through the book, Obbe says it’s getting to be about that time for Jas to take part in a “sacrifice”…Obbe is one sick adolescent and I was thinking to myself what over-the-top gory sick sadistic thing he had in mind…hey but it turns out that it wasn’t half that bad as I thought it would be! For decades, Dutch literature has been dominated by tormented male authors, men who mostly wrote about middle-aged men, completely stuck in life, full of frustration, mostly drinking, and often with a very derogatory view of the opposite sex. This book won the International Booker Prize a day ago or so and at that point I was at the halfway point. Along with her siblings, their understanding of the world almost creates its own mythology. The effects on the family are immediate. I’m serious. This is an extremely odd book. But the memory of it just now dredged itself up out of my head when I was trying to describe for myse. 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