The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel

Reading Level
Grade 7
Time to Read
4 hrs 49 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel is 6th and 7th grade.

Expert Readability Tests for
The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 7
SMOG Index Grade 8
Coleman Liau Index Grade 6
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 6

Reading Time

4 hrs 49 mins

How long to read The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel?

The estimated word count of The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel is 72,230 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 4 hrs 49 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 2 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 41 mins.

The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel - 72,230 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 8 hrs 2 mins
Average 250 words/min 4 hrs 49 mins
Fast 450 words/min 2 hrs 41 mins
The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Authors
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

More about The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel

72,230 words

Word Count

for The Discomfort of Evening: A Novel

7 hours and 46 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

WINNER OF THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEA stark and gripping tale of childhood grief from one of the most exciting new voices in Dutch literatureTen-year-old Jas lives with her strictly religious parents and her siblings on a dairy farm where waste and frivolity are akin to sin. Despite the dreary routine of their days, Jas has a unique way of experiencing her world: her face soft like cheese under her mother’s hands; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads in the village; the sound of “blush words” that aren’t in the Bible.One icy morning, the disciplined rhythm of her family’s life is ruptured by a tragic accident, and Jas is convinced she is to blame. As her parents’ suffering makes them increasingly distant, Jas and her siblings develop a curiosity about death that leads them into disturbing rituals and fantasies. Cocooned in her red winter coat, Jas dreams of “the other side” and of salvation, not knowing where this dreaming will finally lead her.A bestseller in the Netherlands, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s radical debut novel The Discomfort of Evening offers readers a rare vision of rural and religious life in the Netherlands. In it, they ask: In the absence of comfort and care, what can the mind of a child invent to protect itself? And what happens when that is not enough? With stunning psychological acuity and images of haunting, violent beauty, Rijneveld has created a captivating world of language unlike any other.