Stefan Hertmans

The dazzling new novel by the author of the modern classic War and Turpentine In the summer of 1979, Stefan Hertmans fell in love with a dilapidated house in Ghent. He rescued it from decay, and it became his peaceful sanctuary. Decades on, he learns that a bust of Hitler once sat on the mantelpiece, and a war criminal and...

Set at the time of the Crusades and based on historical events, The Convert is the story of a strong-willed young woman who sacrifices everything in the name of love. When Stefan Hertmans learns that Monieux, the small Provençal village in which he lives, was the scene of a pogrom a thousand years ago and that a treasure may be...

Shortly before his death in 1981, Stefan Hertmans' grandfather gave him a couple of filled exercise books. Stories he'd heard as a child had led Hertmans to suspect that their contents might be disturbing, and for years he didn't dare to open them. When he finally did, he discovered unexpected secrets. His grandfather's life was marked by years of childhood...