Roxy
Esther Gerritsen has written a novel about a confused woman who does something gruesome, but her style allows readers to sympathise with this tragicomic anti-hero. Few writers are as good at dialogue and absurd situations as Gerritsen, who delves into themes such as mourning, growing up and parenthood.
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Esther Gerritsen
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Once again Esther Gerritsen displays her gift for striking sentences and dialogue that teeters on the thin line between normality and alienation, between entertaining kookiness and harrowing absurdism.
De Volkskrant
There are sentences carved in stone: ‘Roxy is looking for new words, but her youth has already become a book that she is retelling.’ With that, Gerritsen succeeds in catching the haunting and dark precision of someone like Samuel Beckett. If this won’t lead to a shortlist nomination for one of the biggest prizes, I’ll eat my hat.
De Morgen
Esther Gerritsen
Since her 2000 debut with 'Bevoorrecht bewustzijn' (Privileged Consciousness), Esther Gerritsen (b. 1972) has been considered one of the best authors in the Netherlands.