Barbara den Ouden
Succesful Titles (New Dutch Fiction - Spring 2020)
18 March 2020
Recent Dutch novels that have been acquired by publishing houses from many different countries.
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
The Discomfort of Evening
Intense, poetic debut about the daughter in a God-fearing family coming to terms with the loss of her brother
Original title
De avond is ongemak
40,000 copies sold
Rights
Hayo Deinum
hdeinum@atlascontact.nl
Rights sold
Arabic World (Al Arabi), Spain (Temas de Hoy), France (Buchet Chastel), Germany (Suhrkamp), Italy (Nutrimenti), Korea (Gimm-Young), UK & Commonwealth (Faber & Faber), USA (Graywolf Press)
The Discomfort of Evening is something special. Rijneveld has created a world of language unlike any other: her wild, striking imagery in all its horror and beauty will be imprinted on my mind forever. I can’t remember the last time there has been so much in-house excitement about a debut novel – and we can’t wait for others to experience it. - Ella Griffiths editor at Faber&Faber
The novel not only convinces the reader through the lively portrayed characters, but also through a spirited, dense narrative. The rural metaphors and the language coming from the mouth of ten-year-old Jas, are even more impressive. - Neue Rhein Zeitung
English edition by Faber & Faber. Translated by Michele Hutchison Scheduled for March 19, 2020
German edition by Suhrkamp.
Translated by Helga van Beuningen (2019)
US edition by Graywolf Press. Translated by Michele Hutchison Scheduled for September 2020
Italian edition by Nutrimenti. Translated by Stefano Musili (2019)
French edition by Buchet Chastel. Translated by Daniel Cunin. Scheduled for April 2020
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Grand Hotel Europa
Writer pays homage to lost love and a dying Europe
250,000 copies sold
Rights
Jolijn Spooren
j.spooren@singeluitgeverijen.nl
Rights sold
Bulgaria (Colibri), Czech Republic (Host), Croatia (V.B.Z), Finland (Gummerus), France (Presses de la Cité), Germany (Piper), Israel (Modan), Italy (Nutrimenti), Macedonia (Antolog), Norway (Gyldendal), Portugal (Porto Editora), Spain (Acantilado), UK (Fourth Estate), USA (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Pfeijffer’s prose is funny, nasty, sharp, and at once self-con- scious and absolutely light on its feet. I’m so pleased to be able to publish his biggest and most important statement to date here in the New World: the Great European Novel indeed! - Jeremy Davies, editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux
A great satire concerning everything from the destructive force of mass tourism to the sellout of European culture. Pfeijffer captures the Zeitgeist and serves it up irresistibly. - NRC Handelsblad
Dutch edition by De Arbeiderspers, 2018
