Astrid Roemer

Longlisted, 2025 International Booker PrizeFinalist, 2023 National Book Award for Translated LiteratureWinner, Dutch Literature PrizeWinner, P. C. Hooft AwardOn a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her hometown in Suriname, on...