{"product_id":"my-heavenly-favorite-9781644453230","title":"My Heavenly Favorite","description":"\u003cp\u003eA confession, a lament, a mad gush of grief and obsession, \u003ci\u003eMy Heavenly Favorite \u003c\/i\u003eis the remarkable and chilling successor to Lucas Rijneveld's international sensation, \u003ci\u003eThe Discomfort of Evening\u003c\/i\u003e. It tells the story of a veterinarian who visits a farm in the Dutch countryside where he becomes enraptured by his \"Favorite\"--the farmer's daughter. She hovers on the precipice of adolescence, and longs to have a boy's body. The veterinarian seems to be a tantalizing possible path out from the constrictions of her conservative rural life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated after the veterinarian has been punished for his crimes, Rijneveld's audacious, profane novel is powered by the paradoxical beauty of its prose, which holds the reader fast to the page. Rijneveld refracts the contours of the \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e story with a kind of perverse glee, taking the reader into otherwise unimaginable spaces. An unflinching depiction of abjection and a pointed excavation of taboos and social norms\u003ci\u003e, My Heavenly Favorite\u003c\/i\u003e \"confirms Rijneveld's singular, deeply discomforting talent\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e UK).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Lucas Rijneveld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211603534005,"sku":"9781644453230","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d07899a5-5ee9-4624-9dc1-e1d6525551da.jpg?v=1742913440","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-heavenly-favorite-9781644453230","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}