*WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020*: this sensational Dutch bestseller is 'a classic' (Max Porter) with new novel MY HEAVENLY FAVOURITE.
Lucas Rijneveld (b. 1991) grew up in a Reformed farming family in
North Brabant before moving to Utrecht. One of the greatest new
voices in Dutch literature, his first poetry collection, Calf's
Caul, was awarded the C. Buddingh' Prize for best poetry debut in
2015, with the newspaper de Volkskrant naming him literary talent
of the year. In 2018, Atlas Contact published his first novel, The
Discomfort of Evening, which won the prestigious ANV Debut Prize
and was a national bestseller. The UK edition won the Booker
International Prize 2020. Alongside his writing career, Rijneveld
works on a dairy farm.
Michele Hutchison was born in the UK and has lived in Amsterdam
since 2004. After a period working as an editor, she became a
literary translator from Dutch, and recently translated Lucas
Rijneveld's The Discomfort of Evening which won the Booker
International Prize 2020.
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