I Will Live
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Büsra is living a double life. At home with her parents, life is an endless argument – about what time she comes home, about what she wears, and most of all, about how the rules apply only to her, while her brother Halil enjoys free rein. But out in the world, everything is different. Büsra is studying Dutch literature at university, and she reads everything she can get her hands on. She works at a restaurant, where she wears tight dresses and serves alcohol. And her biggest secret of all: she has a boyfriend, and she is passionately and sinfully in love with him.
Original title in Dutch Ik ga leven published by Prometheus, (2021)
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Kristen
Gehrman
Kristen Gehrman is a literary translator from Dutch to English. Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, she lives in The Hague, The Netherlands, with her husband and two young children. Translated books include The Melting by Lize Spit (Picador), The History of My Sexuality by Tobi Lakmaker (Granta, winner of the 2024 Vondel Prize for Translation) and The Tree and the Vine by Dola de Jong (Transit Books). She also works at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she teaches courses related to translation, writing and multilingual communication.
Kristen Gehrman is a literary translator from Dutch to English. Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, she lives in The Hague, The Netherlands, with her husband and two young children. Translated books include The Melting by Lize Spit (Picador), The History of My Sexuality by Tobi Lakmaker (Granta, winner of the 2024 Vondel Prize for Translation) and The Tree and the Vine by Dola de Jong (Transit Books). She also works at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she teaches courses related to translation, writing and multilingual communication.
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