| Description |
203 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
First published in Duch as Waar ik liever niet aan denk in 2020. |
| Summary |
What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can't live without them? These questions lie 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, and of 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 surprising humour and gentle melancholy, 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. |
| Language |
Translated from the Dutch. |
| Subject |
Families -- Fiction.
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Depressed persons -- Fiction.
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Depressed persons. |
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Families. |
| Genre |
Domestic fiction.
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Fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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| Added Author |
Timmer Harvey, Sarah, translator.
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| Added Title |
Waar ik liever niet aan denk. English.
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| ISBN |
9781914484711 UK edition |
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1914484711 |
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9781922585806 Australian edition |
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1922585807 |
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9781957363356 US edition |
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1957363355 |
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