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2010 Nominated

The Reunion

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

When Isabel disappeared, Sabine was fifteen, isolated at school and tormented by her former friend. She remembers nothing from that hot May day. Nine years later, unbidden memories are returning to Sabine. What if she saw something the day of Isabel’s disappearance? What if she could put a name to the shadowy figure in her dreams? And what if her knowledge was dangerous?
The Reunion is a tour de force from Holland’s queen of crime. Compelling, frightening and unexpectedly poignant, it will haunt you.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Simone
Van Der Vlugt

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Michele
Hutchison

Michele Hutchison is an Amsterdam-based translator, editor and writer. She has translated more than forty books from Dutch including the winner of the 2020 International Booker Prize, The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld, the international bestseller Grand Hotel Europa by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer andWe Are Light by Gerda Blees (winner of the EU Prize for Literature). She is co-author of The Happiest Kids in the World and author ofThe North Wind(poetry).

Michele Hutchison is an Amsterdam-based translator, editor and writer. She has translated more than forty books from Dutch including the winner of the 2020 International Booker Prize, The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld, the international bestseller Grand Hotel Europa by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer andWe Are Light by Gerda Blees (winner of the EU Prize for Literature). She is co-author of The Happiest Kids in the World and author ofThe North Wind(poetry).

NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

The book gives an intriguing insight into a tormented mind the climax is truly disturbing.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
The Netherlands
Original Language
Dutch
Publisher
Text Publishing Company
Translator
Michele Hutchison

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