A Twilight Life
With 'A Twilight Life', Jaap Robben creates an unforgettable paean to women who live with a secret grief. 81-year-old Frieda Tendeloo lives in a nursing home and increasingly finds her thoughts returning to the baby she lost in childbirth. A Twilight Life shows how this trauma has left lasting marks in an otherwise long and happy life.
Jaap Robben (b. 1984) is a writer, poet and theatre director. His widely acclaimed novel 'Birk', published in the UK and the US as You Have Me to Love, won the Dioraphte Prize, the ANV Debut Prize, and was voted Best Book of 2014 by Dutch booksellers. It has since been translated into four languages. 'Summer Brother' (2018) was longlisted for the 2021 International Booker International Prize and is made into a movie.