The Melting
Language: English
Published by Pan Macmillan, 2022
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- Title
- The Melting
- Author
- Lize Spit
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1509838708
- ISBN 13
- 9781509838707
- Dimensions
- Height: 7.75589 Inches, Length: 5.1181 Inches, Wei
'Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence . . . Spit knows no fear. It is we, the readers, that are left trembling.' - Leïla Slimani, author of Lullaby
Eva can trace the route to Pim’s farm with her eyes closed, even though she has not been to Bovenmeer for many years. There she grew up among the rape fields and dairy farms. There lies also the root of all their grief.
Eva was one of three children born in her small Flemish town in 1988. Growing up alongside the boys Laurens and Pim, Eva sought refuge from her loveless family life in the company of her two friends. But with adolescence came a growing awareness of their burgeoning sexuality. Driven by their newly found desires, the children begin a game that will have serious and violent consequences for them all.
Thirteen years after the summer she’s tried for so long to forget, Eva is returning to her village. Everything fell apart that summer, but this time she’ll be prepared. She has a large block of ice in her car boot and she’s ready to settle the score . . .
Part thriller, part coming-of-age novel, The Melting is an extraordinary and unsettling debut from Lize Spit, a reckoning with adolescent cruelty and the scars it leaves.
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About the Author
Kristen Gehrman is a literary translator from Dutch to English. Originally from South Carolina, she studied linguistics and literary translation at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and now lives in The Hague, The Netherlands, with her Dutch husband. Recent book translations include The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl, The Son and Heir by Alexander Münninghoff and The Tree and the Vine by Dola de Jong. In addition to her work as a translator, she teaches university courses in translation and writing.
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