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What I’d Rather Not Think About

What I’d Rather Not Think About

Brand: Scribe UK   |   Status: Hết hàng
350.000₫

“A unique story of a twin brother and sister, wryly funny and heartbreakingly sad. Her characters desperately try to make sense of our ever more complex world. This is a rare book. And Jente Posthuma is a treasure and a hell of a writer.” - Herman Koch, international bestselling author of The Dinner

 

“Dutch novelist Posthuma returns with a sharp meditation on grief … The patchworked story of the twins’ bond and the brother’s fruitless search for meaning is woven with reflections … inventive and worthy.” - Publishers Weekly

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE

 

What happens when the person you’ve built your entire life on is suddenly gone?

 

This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s deceptively simple What I’d Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his own life. She looks back on their childhood, and tells of their adult lives: how her brother tried to find happiness, but lost himself in various men and the Bhagwan movement, though never completely.

 

In brief, precise vignettes, full of gentle melancholy and surprising humor, Posthuma tells the story of a depressive brother, viewed from the perspective of the sister who both loves and resents her twin, struggles to understand him, and misses him terribly.