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No. 5, Autumn 2015

The shortlist for the Vondel Prize for translations from Dutch into English was recently announced, with the following books and translators contending:

Betrayal by Adriaan van Dis (MacLehose Press), translated by Ina Rilke

Congo by David Van Reybrouck (Ecco/HarperCollins), translated by Sam Garrett

Craving by Esther Gerritsen (World Editions), translated by Michele Hutchison

In Those Days by Remco Campert (Shoestring Press), translated by Donald Gardner

The King by Kader Abdolah (Canongate), translated by Nancy Forest-Flier

The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt (Pushkin Press), translated by Laura Watkinson

Tirza by Arnon Grunberg (Open Letter), translated by Sam Garrett

 

The winner will be announced soon.

 

Other new publications of particular interest include The Secrets of the Wild Woods, a new Tonke Dragt in English; Tonio,under the international author name Adri van der Heijden; Fortunate Slaves, Tom Lanoye’s first novel to appear in English translation; and June, Gerbrand Bakker’s third novel in English.

Books are listed by genre, with our choice of key titles at the top and the rest of our selection in alphabetical order by author. We have included a link to the publisher’s Dutch and Belgian distributor if we have it.

 

Fiction

June Bakker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerbrand Bakker, June , translated by David Colmer. Harvill Secker, 2015. PB. Orders: Van Ditmar Boekenimport. Contact: Richard Pels, r.pels@vanditmar.audax.nl.

Slaves Lanoye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Lanoye, Fortunate Slaves, translated by Michele Hutchison. World Editions, 2015. PB. Orders: Centraal Boekhuis.

 

Charles den Tex, Mr. Miller, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier. World Editions, 2015. PB. Orders: Centraal Boekhuis.

 

Annelies Verbeke, Assumptions, translated by Liz Waters, World Editions, 2015. PB. Orders: Centraal Boekhuis.

 

Bert Wagendorp, Ventoux, translated by Paul Vincent. World Editions, 2015. PB. Orders: Centraal Boekhuis.

 

 

Children’s and Young Adult

Wild Wood Dragt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tonke Dragt, The Secrets of the Wild Wood, translated by Laura Watkinson. Pushkin Press, 2015. HB. Orders: michael@geoghegan.me.uk.

 

Life Schutten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan Paul Schutten, The Mystery of Life, translated by Laura Watkinson. Beyond Words Publishing, 2015. HB.

 

Dog vdVendel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward van de Vendel, The Dog That Nino Didn’t Have, translated by Laura Watkinson. Eerdmans, 2015, HB. Orders: sales@albanbooks.com.

 

Warre Borgmans, Roger is Reading a Book, translated by Laura Watkinson. Eerdmans, 2015. HB. Orders: sales@albanbooks.com.

 

Annemarie van Haeringen, The Parakeet, the Mermaid and the Snail, translated by Jan Michael. Leopold, 2015. Orders: Centraal Boekhuis.

 

Jan de Kinder, Red, translated by Laura Watkinson. Eerdmans, 2015. HB. Orders: sales@albanbooks.com.

 

Leo Timmers, Franky, translated by Bill Nagelkerke, Gecko Press, 2015. HB. Orders: www.bouncemarketing.co.uk.

 

 

Non-fiction

Tonio vdH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adri van der Heijden, Tonio: A Requiem Novel,  translated by Jonathan Reeder. Scribe, 2015. PB. Orders: orders@gbs.tbs-ltd.co.uk.

 

Maarten Asscher, Apples & Oranges, translated by Brian Doyle. Four Winds Press, 2015. PB.

 

Martin Bossenbroek, The Boer War,  translated by Yvette Rosenberg. Jacana Media, 2015. PB.

 

Maxim Februari, The Making of a Man, translated by Andy Brown. Reaktion Books, 2015. PB.

 

Paul Glaser, Dancing with the Enemy, translated by Brian Doyle. Oneworld Publications, 2015. PB.

 

Fokke Obbema, China and the West, translated by Laura Vroomen. I.B.Tauris, 2015. PB.

 

Rudi Westendorp, Growing Older without Feeling Old, translated by David Shaw. Scribe, 2015. PB. Orders: orders@gbs.tbs-ltd.co.uk.

 

 

Poetry

 

Benno Barnard, A Public Woman, translated by David Colmer. Eyewear Publishing, 2015. PB. Orders: mo@centralbooks.com.

 

Hester Knibbe, Hungerpots, translated by Jaqueline Pope. Eyewear Publishing, 2015. PB Orders: mo@centralbooks.com.

 

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