Multi–award winning Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker’s phenomenal
new novel about grief and the unavoidable power of family ties.
Simon never knew his father, Cornelis. When his wife told him she
was pregnant, Cornelis packed his bags, and a day later he was
dead. Or everyone assumed he was dead; after all, he was on the
passenger list of the KLM plane that crashed in Tenerife in 1977.
Simon is a hairdresser, just like his father and grandfather before
him, but he is not passionate about cutting and shaving.
‘Closed’ appears on his shop’s front door more often than
‘open’, because every customer is a person, and people suck the
energy from him. But there is one client he regularly interacts
with: the writer. The writer is looking for a subject for his next
book and becomes captivated by the story of Simon’s father. As
Simon probes the mystery of what happened to his father, a deeply
humane and beautifully observed portrait of loneliness emerges in
another captivating novel from one of Europe’s greatest
storytellers.
General
Imprint: |
Scribe Publications
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2024 |
Authors: |
Gerbrand Bakker
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Translators: |
David Colmer
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Dimensions: |
210 x 135mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-914484-72-8 |
Subtitles: |
Dutch
|
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-914484-72-X |
Barcode: |
9781914484728 |
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