{"id":315,"date":"2018-10-03T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/?p=315"},"modified":"2019-05-28T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T06:00:06","slug":"no-11-autumn-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/no-11-autumn-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 11, Autumn 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Dutch Books in English<\/strong><\/p>\n

The English-speaking world continues to catch up on Dutch classics.\u00a0An Untouched House<\/em>, the first English book publication of Willem Frederik Hermans\u2019s\u00a0Het behouden huis<\/em>, is receiving some excellent reviews in the UK and has just been published in the USA. Other noteworthy recent publications include two new anthologies.\u00a0The Lonely Funeral,\u00a0<\/em>a selection of essays by Maarten Inghels and F. Starik, features poems written for and read at paupers\u2019 funerals in Amsterdam and Antwerp.\u00a0Swallows and Floating Horses: An Anthology of Frisian Literature,<\/em>\u00a0part of Francis Boutle Publishers\u2019 Lesser Used Languages of Europe Series, is a massive bilingual collection of both prose and poetry from the eighth century to the current day.<\/p>\n

REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK: We’d like to know who reads these newsletters on our website, what you use them for, whether they’re\u00a0<\/strong>helpful to you, and what comments you may have. If you have a moment, please follow the link to the\u00a0contact form<\/u><\/a>\u00a0on the website or send us an email<\/a>, even if it’s just to let us know that you’re out there. Thanks for your help!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Willem Frederik Hermans.\u00a0An Untouched House<\/em>. Translated by David Colmer. Afterword by Cees Nooteboom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pushkin Press (UK), 2018. PB.Orders: \u00a0<\/strong>michael@geoghegan.me.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Archipelago (USA), 2018, PB.\u00a0Orders:\u00a0Kaia Hilson,\u00a0khilson@penguinrandomhouse.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Martin Michael Driessen.\u00a0Rivers<\/em>. Translated by Jonathan Reeder. AmazonCrossing, 2018. HB.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hagar Peeters.\u00a0Malva<\/em>. Translated by Vivien D. Glass. DoppelHouse Press, 2018. PB. Orders:\u00a0<\/strong>export@gbs.tbs-ltd.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sander Kollaard,\u00a0Stage Four:<\/em>\u00a0A Novel.<\/em>\u00a0Translated by Michele Hutchison. AmazonCrossing, 2018. PB.<\/p>\n

Eva Meijer.\u00a0Bird Cottage<\/em>. Translated by Antoinette Fawcett. Pushkin Press, 2018. HB.\u00a0Orders: \u00a0michael@geoghegan.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anthologies<\/strong><\/p>\n

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F. Starik,\u00a0<\/strong>Maarten Inghels.\u00a0The Lonely Funeral<\/em>. 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.<\/strong>\u00a0Orders:\u00a0<\/strong>sue.arc@btconnect.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(tel: +44 (0)1706 812338)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Swallows and Floating Horses: An Anthology of Frisian Literature.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>ed. Ernst Bruinsma, Alpita de Jong and Andr\u00e9 Looijenga. Translated by David McKay, Michele Hutchison, Susan Massotty, Paul Vincent and David Colmer. Francis Boutle Publishers, 2018. PB. Orders:\u00a0<\/strong>clive@francisboutle.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0(tel: +44 (0)<\/strong>208 889 80867)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Natascha Veldhorst.\u00a0Van Gogh and Music.<\/em>\u00a0Translated by Diane Webb. Yale University Press, 2018. HB.<\/p>\n

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Children\u2019s and Young Adults\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Edward van de Vendel.\u00a0I’ll Root for You and Other Poems<\/em>. Translated by David Colmer. Illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch. Eerdmans, 2018. HB. Orders:\u00a0<\/strong>sales@albanbooks.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Gijs van der Hammen.\u00a0Little Wise Wolf<\/em>. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Illustrated by Hanneke Siemensma. Book Island, 2018. HB. Orders: sales@thameshudson.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Philip Hopman.\u00a0For Audrey with Love:<\/em>\u00a0Audrey Hepburn and Givenchy<\/em>\u00a0Translated by Ann De Clercq-Foley. Illustrated by Philip Hopman. Nord-S\u00fcd, 2018. HB.<\/p>\n

Th\u00e9 Tjong-Khing.\u00a0Art with Cake<\/em>. Translated by Charles Hugo. Illustrated by Th\u00e9 Tjong-Khing. Mediterr\u00e0nia, 2018. HB.<\/p>\n

Schubert, Dieter.\u00a0Schubert, Ingrid.\u00a0Delft Blue<\/em>:\u00a0A Vase for the Princess<\/em>\u00a0Translated by Jan Michael. Illustrated by Ingrid Schubert, Dieter Schubert. Leopold, 2018. HB.<\/p>\n

Harmen van Straaten.\u00a0Hey, Who’s in the Loo?<\/em>\u00a0Translated by Laura Watkinson. Illustrated by Harmen van Straaten. Red Robin Books, 2018. PB.<\/p>\n

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Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cees Nooteboom.\u00a0Monk’s Eye<\/em>. Translated by David Colmer. Seagull Books, 2018. HB. Orders:\u00a0http:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/distributed\/L\/bo18088<\/a><\/p>\n

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Graphic Novels<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Serge Baeken.\u00a0Sugar:<\/em>\u00a0Life as a Cat.<\/em>\u00a0Translated by Michele Hutchison. Illustrated by Serge Baeken. Soaring Penguin Press, 2018. PB.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The English-speaking world continues to catch up on Dutch classics. An Untouched House, the first English book publication of Willem Frederik Hermans\u2019s 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. The Lonely Funeral, a selection of essays by Maarten Inghels and F. Starik, features poems written for and read at paupers\u2019 funerals in Amsterdam and Antwerp. Swallows and Floating Horses: An Anthology of Frisian Literature, part of Francis Boutle Publishers\u2019 Lesser Used Languages of Europe Series, is a massive bilingual collection of both prose and poetry from the eighth century to the current day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}