Melkboer by Anna Burns

An unnamed young woman in a Troubles-era Northern Irish town recounts, in a sharp, stream-of-consciousness voice, how unwanted attention from a powerful older man and the ensuing swirl of rumours, surveillance and moral policing upend her life — showing how sectarian politics, communal gossip and patriarchal power combine to isolate, intimidate and obliterate personal freedom.

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