#42: Contemporary Dutch: 'The Discomfort of Evening' by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

As we begin to approach that most wonderful time of the year — that's right: olliebollen season — we thought it was only right to read some recent Dutch books in translation.

Books up for voting (voting now closed):

1. Shocked Earth by Saskia Goldschmidt (translated by Antoinette Fawcett)
2. The Leash and the Ball by Rodaan Al Galidi (translated by Jonathan Reeder)
3. What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey)
4. The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (translated by Michele Hutchison)