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De avond is ongemak

Apparently this is the first Dutch book to ever win an International Booker prize. I read it in Dutch, but I'm guessing the translation is pretty good if it managed to win an award. Figured I had to read it now!

It was Marieke's debut. They had written some poetry before, but that's about it. I think you can definitely see their poetic past in this. In the end, I liked it mostly, even if it ended up feeling a bit too one-dimensional.

November 7, 2020