The Discomfort of Evening
7 hrs. 56 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Author
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Narrator
Olga Shorokhova
Narrator
Olga Shorokhova
Description
A shocking Dutch bestseller!
A novel—winner of the 2020 International Booker Prize.
And I asked God: “Please don’t take my rabbit. And if possible, take instead my brother Matthijs, amen.”
The Mulders family are Dutch farmers from North Brabant. They live in a religious reformist village, and their days follow the long-established rhythm dictated by church services, milking the cows, and the harvest. Isa is a strange child: in her fantasies, naïve childlike cruelty clashes with piety; love collides with envy; the fate of her body intertwines with the destinies of her loved ones. When, through tragic accident, her older brother dies, falling through the ice, the life of the Mulders family changes irrevocably. Death isn’t spoken about, but once it has silently settled on the farm, Isa’s imagination is colored by terrifying darkness.
The coldness and silence of the parents paralyze the children with a deadly chill. They are forced to deal with death and growing up on their own. And the paths led by their own bodies and fears are marked not by divine grace, but by shocking, dangerous paganism.
A novel—winner of the 2020 International Booker Prize.
And I asked God: “Please don’t take my rabbit. And if possible, take instead my brother Matthijs, amen.”
The Mulders family are Dutch farmers from North Brabant. They live in a religious reformist village, and their days follow the long-established rhythm dictated by church services, milking the cows, and the harvest. Isa is a strange child: in her fantasies, naïve childlike cruelty clashes with piety; love collides with envy; the fate of her body intertwines with the destinies of her loved ones. When, through tragic accident, her older brother dies, falling through the ice, the life of the Mulders family changes irrevocably. Death isn’t spoken about, but once it has silently settled on the farm, Isa’s imagination is colored by terrifying darkness.
The coldness and silence of the parents paralyze the children with a deadly chill. They are forced to deal with death and growing up on their own. And the paths led by their own bodies and fears are marked not by divine grace, but by shocking, dangerous paganism.
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