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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them? This question lies 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: 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 gentle melancholy and surprising humour, 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.

From the International Booker Prize–shortlisted author of What I’d Rather Not Think About comes a darkly humorous novel about multigenerational family dynamics and individuality in Dutch suburbia. An unnamed narrator grows up overshadowed by her unconventional mother, an ex–Jehovah’s Witness and former television star with an inferiority complex. Her father is the head of a psychiatric institution, whose only form of parenting is to offer his daughter the same life advice he dispenses to his patients. Reserved and somewhat aloof, he chooses not to intervene when his wife obsesses about charisma, calorie counting, and turning their daughter into a child prodigy. Their daughter strives to meet her mother’s expectations and bond with her father while secretly worrying she lacks the drive or charisma to do anything significant with her life. When her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she begins to address their generational trauma, forge a new relationship with her father, and discover life on her terms. In twelve chapters — each reflecting a different phase of life — Posthuma expertly dissects a fraught family history, exposing the absurdity that often lies at the heart of life’s most poignant and challenging moments.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE What happens when the person you've built your entire life on is suddenly gone? This question lies 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: 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 gentle melancholy and surprising humor, 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.

From the International Booker Prize- shortlisted author of What I'd Rather Not Think About comes a darkly humorous novel about multigenerational family dynamics and individuality in Dutch suburbia. An unnamed narrator grows up overshadowed by her unconventional mother, an ex-Jehovah's witness and former television star with an inferiority complex. Her father is the head of a psychiatric institution, whose only form of parenting is to offer his daughter the same life advice he dispenses to his patients. Reserved and somewhat aloof, he chooses not to intervene when his wife obsesses about charisma, calorie counting, and turning their daughter into a child prodigy. Their daughter strives to meet her mother's expectations and bond with her father while secretly worrying she lacks the drive or charisma to do anything significant with her life. When her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she begins to address their generational trauma, forge a new relationship with her father, and discover life on her terms. In twelve chapters--each reflecting a different phase of life--Posthuma expertly dissects a fraught family history, exposing the absurdity that often lies at the heart of life's most poignant and challenging moments.

En tvillingbror begår självmord. Genom den överlevande tvillingsystern utforskar Jente Posthuma i Det jag helst inte tänker på på ett gripande sätt sorg och identiteten att växa upp som tvilling. En syster som försöker förstå förlusten av sin bror och hans djupa depression.På ett knivskarpt, lakoniskt och överraskande humoristiskt vis lyckas Posthuma skildra komplexa familjeband, sökandet efter mening i efterdyningarna av broderns död och ett samhällstillstånds som lämnar mycket att önska.En empatiska skildring av kärlek, förlust och motståndskraft som nominerades till internationella Bookerpriset.

«Da jeg var tjuesju, hadde jeg hundre og førtito gensere, og det var på tide å begynne i terapi.» Hun blir kalt To av tvillingbroren sin, han ble født først av de to og er derfor Én. Hun samler på gensere og har en samboer, han har to katter og roter seg borti dårlige menn og en sekt. Selv om hun ofte er irritert på ham, er han likevel den personen som står henne nærmest. Da han tar livet sitt, er hennes liv brått uten feste. Hva gjør du når den personen du trodde alltid kom til å være der, plutselig ikke er det lenger? Det jeg helst ikke vil tenke på er en nydelig roman om kjærlighet og sorg, full av sjarmerende humor og mild melankoli.