*WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN`S BEST BOOKS OF 2020**A NYT CRITICS` TOP BOOK OF 2020*`One of the best debut novels I have ever read. Shockingly good ... A classic.` Max PorterThe sensational Dutch bestseller:`Exceptional` (Financial Times)`Exhilarating` (Independent)`Luminous` (Observer)`Beautifully wild` (Guardian)`An earthy and irreverent new voice, thrillingly uninhibited` (New York Times)I asked God if he please couldn`t take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. `Amen.` Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh winters; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads; the sound of `blush words` that aren`t in the Bible. But when a tragic accident ruptures the family, her curiosity warps into a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies - unlocking a darkness that threatens to derail them all.A bestselling sensation in the Netherlands, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld`s radical debut novel is studded with images of wild, violent beauty: a world of language unlike any other, exquisitely captured in Michele Hutchison`s translation.`THE MOST TALKED ABOUT DEBUT NOVEL OF 2020 ALREADY` [Dazed & Confused]ONE OF VOGUE`S TOP FIVE DEBUTS OF 2020ONE OF THE OBSERVER`S HIGHLIGHTS OF 2020ONE OF THE GUARDIAN`S TOP TEN BEST NEW BOOKS IN TRANSLATION