Results for "Hertmans, Stefan"

In this revealing and poignant story, Stefan Hertmans uncovers haunting details about the previous owner of his house and the crime he committed as a member of the Nazi police.In 1979 Stefan Hertmans became obsessed with a rundown townhouse in Ghent. The previous owners were mentioned only in passin... Read More about The Ascent: A House Can Have Many Secrets

Longlisted for the International Man Booker PrizeA New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the YearLonglisted for the Best Translated Book AwardThe story of Urbain Martien lies con­tained in two notebooks he left behind when he died. In War and Turpen... Read More about War and Turpentine: A Novel

Finalist for the 2020 National Jewish Book AwardsIn this dazzling work of historical fiction, the Man Booker International–long-listed author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a medieval noblewoman who leaves her home and family for the love of a Jewish boy.   In eleventh-c... Read More about The Convert: A Novel

"Forgetting is a strange power, because it makes memory possible. That is why all architecture from the past is something like the music of space, which surrounds us and sends us images that we have constantly to interpret."In Intercities, Stefan Hertmans thinks about what constitutes identity in pr... Read More about Intercities (Topographics)