The electrifying new novel from the sensational bestselling winner of theInternational Booker Prize.'Anovel of exquisite discomfort and delicious poetry. Rijneveld writes withpeerless moral courage and a sheer delight in the abject that we must eachface in ourselves. This book unsettled me even as it made me laugh and gasp.
I'm in awe. ' BrandonTaylorInthe tempestuous summer of 2005, a 14-year-old farmer's daughter makes friendswith the local veterinarian who looks after her father's cows. He is trying toescape trauma, while she is trying to escape into a world of fantasy. Theirobsessive reliance on each other's stories builds into a terrifying trap, witha confession at the heart of it that threatens to rip their small communityapart.Indelible,audacious and impossible-to-put-down, My Heavenly Favourite confirms Rijneveldas one of the bravest and brilliant writers on the world stage.Translatedby Michele Hutchison
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2024-02-01 |
| ISBN |
9780571375509 |
