Absolutely stunning writing. Set in a small village in an imagined feudalist kingdom, the story is strongly driven by the characters and the contrast between rich and poor. One shallow layer thus is picking up cliche storylines, but it turns out, everyone is thoroughly fucked up. Characters jump to different states, even some hints at witchcraft happen. Religious pretense is through dealt with. Reminds me of "The Books of Jacob" but more raw, Cormac McCarthy but women exist. Whoever has less than 5 stars for this book is objectively wrong, denying how fucked up everyone of us is and doesn't like that mirror.