Freetown
$37.19
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2021
Summary
“He was a Fula. I say ‘was’, because I haven’t seen him for a long time. I don’t know if he’s still alive or where he might be. He just disappeared.”
Maria is independent, unconventional and unafraid. She is trying to find an explanation for the disappearance of Ishmael, a refugee from Sierra Leone who came to her door as a newspaper boy and stayed for seven years. He was like a son to her.
Vincent is a psychologist. Once he and Maria had an all-encompassing relationship, but …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529401622 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529401623 |
| Author: | Otto de Kat, Laura Watkinson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
De Kat’s ambition of theme is served by astonishing tautness of construction and spareness of language
These are novels of subtle emotional distance … as physical as a blow to the heart - Irish Times
One of the Netherlands’ most compelling literary voices - Irish ExaminerDe Kat’s ambition of theme is served by astonishing tautness of construction and spareness of language - IndependentAbout The Author
Otto de Kat
Otto de Kat is the pen name of the founder of Dutch non-fiction publishing house Balans, Jan Guert Gaarlandt, also a poet, novelist and critic. His prize-winning novels have been widely published in Europe, and Man on the Move was the winner of the Netherlands’ Halewijn Literature Prize.
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