De vondeling
by Eva Maria Staal
Description
Agnes’s father is dying. As a child, Agnes was her father’s little princess; now, she questions whether he really loved her.
To banish her doubts, Agnes fantasises about her father on paper. Only when she reads what he himself wrote about his life, on a harsh journey to Germany at the end of the Second World War, does she understand who he was. But even then, her search is not over. What unfortunate event alienated them from each other? And what role does the adoption of Agnes’s daughter, Lima, play in their lives?
The Foundling is the magical, captivating story of Agnes, her father and Lima. It is an equally moving and witty novel about inescapable and self-chosen family ties, regret and forgiveness, written by one of the most original writers in Dutch literature.
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American English rights: Inkwell
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Reviews
“[Eva Maria Staal] does not shy away from almost unthinkable horrors, nor from sentiment and tenderness. In other words, she does not shy away from the greatest of emotions that she captures in beautiful sentences and mind-boggling plot twists.”
– Het Parool
Author Biography
Eva Maria Staal was born Rotterdam in 1960 and made her debut in 2007 with the very successful novel Try the Morgue. It won the Lucy B. and C.W. van der Hoogt Prize and the Shadow Prize, and has been translated into French (Éditions du Masque), English (Norton), and German (Arche). The Foundling is her second novel.
Uitgeverij Prometheus
Prometheus Publishers is a Dutch publisher that publishes a wide variety of quality fiction and non-fiction titles. Prometheus’s catalogue balances established talents with new voices that we introduce into the literary market. Amongst our fiction authors are renowned Dutch-language authors such as Connie Palmen, Griet Op de Beeck, Tom Lanoye, Tim Krabbé, and Esther Verhoef. Prometheus also publishes the Dutch translations of great international voices like Umberto Eco, Sandro Veronesi, Margaret Atwood, and Zadie Smith. Our non-fiction catalogue is filled with experts from across the scientific spectrum. Ranging from history to psychology and from physics to literary studies, Prometheus offers exciting new insights into a wide range of disciplines. Prometheus also publishes a philosophical series with musings on subjects that are relevant to our society today.
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- Publisher Uitgeverij Prometheus
- Publication Date March 2020
- Orginal LanguageDutch
- ISBN/Identifier 9789044634761
- Publication Country or regionNetherlands
- FormatPaperback
- Pages264
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2020
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