*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE*\'One of the best debut novels I have ever read.
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, exquisitely captured in Michele Hutchison\'s translation.\'THE MOST TALKED ABOUT DEBUT NOVEL OF 2020 ALREADY\' [Dazed & Confused]ONE OF VOGUE\'S TOP FIVE DEBUTS OF 2020ONE OF THE OBSERVER\'S HIGHLIGHTS OF 2020ONE OF THE GUARDIAN\'S TOP TEN BEST NEW BOOKS IN TRANSLATION.
A classic.\' Max PorterThe sensational Dutch bestseller:\'Exceptional\' (Financial Times)\'Exhilarating\' (Independent)\'Luminous\' (Observer)\'Beautifully wild\' (Guardian)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.
Shockingly good ... *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE*\'One of the best debut novels I have ever read
