The Song of Stork and Dromedary
This masterful novel spans two centuries in a mosaic of styles and genres. Its central figure is the uncompromising Eliza May, modeled after Emily Brontë.
Evi Hoste
In early 19th-century Yorkshire, she and her sisters Millicent and Helen lead a reclusive existence marred by poverty and disease. They find fulfilment in their love of reading and writing books. When, after dozens of rejections, the novels by Millicent and Eliza May are finally published (using male pseudonyms), Millicent’s novel becomes a huge success, whereas Eliza May’s novel is labeled ‘sick’ and ‘immoral’. In eleven chapters, each of which could just as well be a standalone novella, Eliza May’s life story is told by people who knew her personally, biographers centuries later, a mysterious notebook and characters whose lives become serendipitously intertwined with Eliza’s.
Winner of five major literary awards in the Netherlands, including the Libris Literature Prize and the Boekenbon Literature Prize, as well as being named "Best Book of the Century" by newspaper NRC.
Translated into fifteen languages: Arabic, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian, Spanish, Czech, and Swedish.
Ms. Daanje has published 10 novels, and while only two have been translated into English, they alone mark her as one of the continent’s leading writers.
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