pickOh my, this is a jarring, hard one, although not much happens. Metaphors are magnificently achieved through an incredibly original use of terrifying, disgusting sensory and visual details.
Jas lives with her siblings at an animal farm in a very religious family. She's 10 when a terrible accident occurs, her parents' relationship deteriorates and the children try to process and understand death on their own, which leads to tragic consequences.
so-soThe second book recently where the biggest emotion I‘ve felt is an overwhelming sense of relief when I‘ve reached the end.
There are some moments of brilliance in this book, but, for me, it‘s tarnished with the undertones of sexual abuse, animal abuse, bestiality and incest, which I didn‘t feel sat comfortably in a story intrinsically about grief. It‘s a tough read and maybe I‘m not in the right frame of mind to fully appreciate its aims.
so-so#bookerinternational2020
I wouldn‘t be sad or angry if it made the shortlist, but it wasn‘t totally to my taste. I loved the psychological insight, the different approaches to grief, the picture of how they lived. I feel sort of silly saying this but a lot of it was just... icky. It‘s kinda a bad reason to take against a book but I just don‘t connect with books with such icky content, it takes me out of getting sucked in and I just can‘t 🤷♀️
https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/23/best-new-translated-books-fiction?...
I just noticed this thread of best translated fiction out or due out. I know lots of you enjoy reading translated work and the tagged book out next year in English is one i will definitely trying to find.
Some of the others look great. I'll be searching the library catalogue for the books and authors.
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