When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer returns to the small family farm. After his father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the house. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Co[...]
A Dutch woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is Emilie. She has left her husband, having confessed to an affair. In Amsterdam, her stunned husband forms a strange partnership with a detective who agrees to help him trace her. They board the ferry to Hull on Christmas Eve.[...]
Have you ever wanted to disappear and make a new life for yourself where no one knows your name?
""Ten White Geese""is the eagerly anticipated, internationally bestselling new novel by the winner of the world's richest literary prize for a single work of fiction. Fans of Per Petterson's ""Out St[...]
This title is the winner of the Independent foreign fiction prize 2013. A Dutch woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is Emilie. She is a lecturer doing some research, and sets about making the farmhouse more homely. When she arrives there are ten geese living in the garden but[...]
Omvejen handler om en kvindelig lektor i engelsk, specialist i digteren Emily Dickinson, der en dag uden et ord til farvel forlader sin mand og sit hjem i Amsterdam og tager til et afsidesliggende landsted i Wales. Her tilbringer hun to måneder med at forsøge at indrette sig i en ny hverdag, m[...]