What I’d Rather Not Think About

What I’d Rather Not Think About
shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, Originaltitel:Waar ik liever niet aan denk
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Artikel-Nr:
9781914484711
Veröffentl:
2023
Seiten:
203
Autor:
Jente Posthuma
Gewicht:
216 g
Format:
195x126x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

Jente Posthuma's critically acclaimed first novel, Mensen zonder uitstraling (People Without Charisma), was published in 2016 and nominated for the Dioraphte Literatour Prize, the Hebban Debut Prize, and the ANV Debut Prize. Her second novel, What I'd Rather Not Think About, published in 2020, was equally well received, and was shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature 2021.
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEWhat if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can't live without them?This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma's deceptively simple What I'd Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his own life. She looks back on their childhood, and tells of their adult lives: how her brother tried to find happiness, but lost himself in various men and the Bhagwan movement, though never completely. In brief, precise vignettes, full of gentle melancholy and surprising humour, Posthuma tells the story of a depressive brother, viewed from the perspective of the sister who both loves and resents her twin, struggles to understand him, and misses him terribly.

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