Winner ofthe International Booker Prize 2020
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.
A bestselling sensation in the Netherlands,Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's radical debut novel is studded with images of wild,violent beauty: a world of language unlike any other.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571349371Number of pages: 288Weight: 240 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mmEdition: Main
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'Rijneveld's prose combines the formality of ceremony with a startlingly uninhibited obsession over the bodily functions of animals and humans living in uneasy proximity to each other'- The Financial Times
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