Gebroken Wit
by Astrid Roemer
Description
Grandma Bee, Louise, Heli, Imker, Babs, Audi. Family name Vanta. In Off-White, they are related to one another like the colours of refracted sunlight. Grandma Vanta-Julienne’s grandchildren are confronted with their own vulnerability when they are forced to support her through the turmoils of daily life.
Mother Louise has learned that outward appearance is not a simple fact, but a circumstance that bears witness to a history of organised violence in Africa, Europe and Asia. They live in a South American coastal city sustained by women, in a terrain that confines men with its natural boundaries.
The consequences are particularly palpable in the family circle: sisters Ethel and Laura are gone and father Anton is no longer alive. While caring for ailing Grandma Bee, the young Vantas all look for a country to love, a people to belong to, a dream to live for. Amsterdam owes a great deal to Paramaribo. And vice versa?
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German rights sold to Reisdenz Verlag. North American rights sold to Two Lines Press. All other rights available.
Marketing Information
Shortlisted OPZIJ Literature Prize 2019
Longlisted Libris Literature Prize 2019
Reviews
“Through the history of the Vanta family, in Gebroken wit Astrid Roemer depicts 1960s Suriname. Class, skin colour and conservative sexual morality dominate everyday life.” – De Standaard ★★★★
“This is living, beating prose that you are inclined to read, inhale, and devour organically.” – Trouw
“A moving portrait of a family whose members diverge to different continents, education, beliefs and death.” – Humo ★★★★
Author Biography
Astrid H. Roemer was born in Paramaribo in 1947. In 2016 she was awarded the P.C. Hooft Prize for her prose oeuvre. She has won praise in both Suriname and the Netherlands for her meaningful contribution to the public debate and for her individuality in her now-extensive oeuvre of poetry, prose and drama.
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 April 2019
- Orginal LanguageDutch
- ISBN/Identifier 9789044640182
- Publication Country or regionNetherlands
- FormatPaperback
- Pages344
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2019
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