New Dutch Books in English
The English-speaking world continues to catch up on Dutch classics.Ā An Untouched House, the first English book publication of Willem Frederik HermansāsĀ Het behouden huis, is receiving some excellent reviews in the UK and has just been published in the USA. Other noteworthy recent publications include two new anthologies.Ā The Lonely Funeral,Ā a selection of essays by Maarten Inghels and F. Starik, features poems written for and read at paupersā funerals in Amsterdam and Antwerp.Ā Swallows and Floating Horses: An Anthology of Frisian Literature,Ā part of Francis Boutle Publishersā Lesser Used Languages of Europe Series, is a massive bilingual collection of both prose and poetry from the eighth century to the current day.
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Fiction
Willem Frederik Hermans.Ā An Untouched House. Translated by David Colmer. Afterword by Cees Nooteboom.
Pushkin Press (UK), 2018. PB.Orders: Ā michael@geoghegan.me.uk
Archipelago (USA), 2018, PB.Ā Orders:Ā Kaia Hilson,Ā khilson@penguinrandomhouse.com
Martin Michael Driessen.Ā Rivers. Translated by Jonathan Reeder. AmazonCrossing, 2018. HB.Ā
Hagar Peeters.Ā Malva. Translated by Vivien D. Glass. DoppelHouse Press, 2018. PB. Orders:Ā export@gbs.tbs-ltd.co.uk
Sander Kollaard,Ā Stage Four:Ā A Novel.Ā Translated by Michele Hutchison. AmazonCrossing, 2018. PB.
Eva Meijer.Ā Bird Cottage. Translated by Antoinette Fawcett. Pushkin Press, 2018. HB.Ā Orders: Ā michael@geoghegan.me.uk
Anthologies
F. Starik,Ā Maarten Inghels.Ā The Lonely Funeral. With poems by Menno Wigman, Joke van Leeuwen, Neeltje Maria Min etc. Translated by Jonathan Reeder, David Colmer, Donald Gardner, Michele Hutchison, John Irons and Francis R. Jones. Arc Publications, 2018. PB.Ā Orders:Ā sue.arc@btconnect.comĀ (tel: +44 (0)1706 812338)
Swallows and Floating Horses: An Anthology of Frisian Literature.Ā ed. Ernst Bruinsma, Alpita de Jong and AndrĆ© Looijenga. Translated by David McKay, Michele Hutchison, Susan Massotty, Paul Vincent and David Colmer. Francis Boutle Publishers, 2018. PB. Orders:Ā clive@francisboutle.co.ukĀ (tel: +44 (0)208 889 80867)
Nonfiction
Natascha Veldhorst.Ā Van Gogh and Music.Ā Translated by Diane Webb. Yale University Press, 2018. HB.
Childrenās and Young Adultsā
Edward van de Vendel.Ā I’ll Root for You and Other Poems. Translated by David Colmer. Illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch. Eerdmans, 2018. HB. Orders:Ā sales@albanbooks.com
Gijs van der Hammen.Ā Little Wise Wolf. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Illustrated by Hanneke Siemensma. Book Island, 2018. HB. Orders: sales@thameshudson.co.uk
Philip Hopman.Ā For Audrey with Love:Ā Audrey Hepburn and GivenchyĀ Translated by Ann De Clercq-Foley. Illustrated by Philip Hopman. Nord-SĆ¼d, 2018. HB.
ThĆ© Tjong-Khing.Ā Art with Cake. Translated by Charles Hugo. Illustrated by ThĆ© Tjong-Khing. MediterrĆ nia, 2018. HB.
Schubert, Dieter.Ā Schubert, Ingrid.Ā Delft Blue:Ā A Vase for the PrincessĀ Translated by Jan Michael. Illustrated by Ingrid Schubert, Dieter Schubert. Leopold, 2018. HB.
Harmen van Straaten.Ā Hey, Who’s in the Loo?Ā Translated by Laura Watkinson. Illustrated by Harmen van Straaten. Red Robin Books, 2018. PB.
Poetry
Cees Nooteboom.Ā Monk’s Eye. Translated by David Colmer. Seagull Books, 2018. HB. Orders:Ā http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/L/bo18088
Graphic Novels
Serge Baeken.Ā Sugar:Ā Life as a Cat.Ā Translated by Michele Hutchison. Illustrated by Serge Baeken. Soaring Penguin Press, 2018. PB.
