What I’d Rather Not Think About - Jente Posthuma

Category: Contemporary, General Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Grief Mental Health Scandinavian Literature

Written by Jente Posthuma
Read by Sophie Roberts
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Shorlisted for The International Booker Prize 2024

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.

Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
Release date: 08-22-24