Author | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld |
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Original title | De avond is ongemak |
Translator | Michele Hutchison |
Language | Dutch |
Set in | Netherlands |
Publisher | Atlas Contact |
Publication date | 31 January 2018 |
Publication place | Netherlands |
Published in English | 5 March 2020 |
Media type | Print (hardback and softback), e-book, audio |
Pages | 271 |
Awards | International Booker Prize (2020) |
ISBN | 978-90-254-4411-2 (First edition softback) |
LC Class | PT5882.28.I49 A96 2018 |
The Discomfort of Evening (Dutch: De avond is ongemak) is the debut novel by Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, published in 2018. On 26 August 2020, Rijneveld became the first Dutch writer to win the £50,000 International Booker Prize, shared jointly with the novel's English translator Michele Hutchison.[1]