The Melting by Lize Spit (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Melting by Lize Spit, Kristen Gehrman Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. This phenomenal Flemish international bestseller tells of a young womans return to the small town where she suffered as a child and the payback she demands there. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 LullabyEva can trace the route to Pims 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 shes tried for so long to forget, Eva is returning to her village. Everything fell apart that summer, but this time shell be prepared. She has a large block of ice in her car boot and shes 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. Author Biography Lize Spit gained a masters degree in screenwriting and has also written prose and poetry, published in several magazines. In 2013 she won both the Jury Prize and the Readers Prize at WriteNow!, a prestigious writing competition. Her debut novel The Melting was published to widespread acclaim, became an instant bestseller and has been sold in ten languages. She lives in Brussels. Review Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence . . . Lize Spit raises the tension and accelerates the suspense until reaching a dark and majestic ending . . . She knows no fear. It is we, the readers, that are left trembling. -- Leïla Slimani * Le Monde *The Melting is like a long-range missile that at first only casts a dark shadow as it flies overhead, apparently without causing any damage, but then strikes its target with calculated precision. * De Standaard *So good you can hardly believe its a first novel. * Information *Fascinating . . . Terrifying, dark, both foreign and familiar, this first novel leaves a taste of delicious unease. * LExpress * Promotional Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. Review Quote Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence . . . Lize Spit raises the tension and accelerates the suspense until reaching a dark and majestic ending . . . She knows no fear. It is we, the readers, that are left trembling. Promotional "Headline" Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. Details ISBN1509838708 Year 2022 ISBN-10 1509838708 ISBN-13 9781509838707 Format Paperback Publication Date 2022-05-12 UK Release Date 2022-05-12 Audience Age 18 Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Dutch Author Kristen Gehrman Publisher Pan Macmillan Language English Translator Kristen Gehrman Pages 416 Series Azizas Secret Fairy Door DEWEY 839.3137 Audience General AU Release Date 2022-08-08 NZ Release Date 2022-08-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:140194304;

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