(De Arbeiderspers, 2003, 240 pages)

Arthur Japin found his inspiration for In Lucia’s Eyes in an episode in the life of Giacomo Casanova, philanderer and bon vivant. In his memoirs Casanova tells of being invited to the country estate of Pasiano as a sixteen-year-old and falling hopelessly in love with the breathtaking Lucia, two years his junior. She has only one splendid flaw: ‘She is too young.’ Because of Lucia’s genuine innocence he does not bed her, promising instead to return in six months to ask for her hand in marriage.

(De Arbeiderspers, 2007, 302 pages)

In De overgave (Surrender), Arthur Japin tells the heartbreaking, horrific and cruel story of Sallie ‘Granny’ Parker, a devout white colonist who moves further and further West with her husband, daughters and grandchildren in order to build a new life. Arthur Japin has set his new novel in the ‘New World’ of early and mid-nineteenth century America, basing it on historical facts, moulded to his own ends.

(De Arbeiderspers, 2020, 336 pages)

Arthur Japin brings us another brilliant historical novel centered on an artist – this time, Edgar Degas. In this book he once again has the artist look back on his life, resulting in a wholly engrossing account that also allows Japin to share his views on what it means to be an artist.