Freetown
$36.90
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
26 January 2021
Summary
Freetown: A Novel of Loss, Love, and Unforgettable Echoes
“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, independent and unafraid, seeks answers to the vanishing of Ishmael, a Sierra Leonean refugee who became like a son to her.
Vincent, a psychologist and Maria’s former lover, lives in a detached haze. When Maria asks for his help, their sea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529401622 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529401623 |
| Author: | Otto de Kat, Laura Watkinson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 26 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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