Thirty Days

Name: Thirty Days
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By Annelies Verbeke

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Thirty Days follows Alphonse, a Senegalese immigrant who leaves Brussels to work as a handyman in rural Flanders. Through his interactions with local residents, the novel explores themes of love, connection, and the complexities of human relationships. Annelies Verbeke’s poetic prose vividly captures the nuances of everyday life and social issues like refugees and racism.
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This book is suited for readers who appreciate literary fiction that thoughtfully examines societal issues and human connections, especially those interested in contemporary European life and immigrant experiences.

A novel about goodness and compassion, the book finds the perfect balance between sensitivity and humor, hopefulness and criticism, cheer and despair.

Description

Thirty Days is a deeply moving story about love, outsiders, and the human need to connect, compellingly translated from the Dutch by Liz Waters.

With a sharp and observational eye, Annelies Verbeke takes a funny, imaginative, and perceptive look at the realities and absurdities of human interactions, relationships, and everyday life.

Verbeke matches poetic prose with a cast of intriguing characters and unexpected plot twists. Our protagonist is Alphonse, a Senegalese immigrant who uproots his life in Brussels to become a handyman in a rural district in Flanders. Likeable and charismatic, people cannot help but reveal their secrets, desires, and unexpected dreams to him. In her typically astute style, Verbeke weaves a vivid and thought-provoking tale of contemporary life, subtly touching upon timely themes such as refugees and racism.

‘Verbeke has written a bold, busy, textured novel. Read it once and you may well read it twice.’ - The Irish Times

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642860054

Publisher: World Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 November 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: World Editions

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Liz Waters

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 133.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

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Annelies Verbeke Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Annelies Verbeke is a writer of novels, short stories and essays. She is also a screenwriter, playwright and magazine and newspaper columnist. She made her literary debut in 2003 with the much-acclaimed novel Sleep! which sold over 75,000 copies. Thirty Days was the winner of the F. Bordewijk Prize for Best Novel, the NRC Book Award for Best Dutch-language Novel of the Year and the Opzij Literature Prize. Verbeke's books have been translated in 24 countries.

LIZ WATERS is a Dutch-to-English translator based in Lelystad, the Netherlands. After finishing her studies at the University of Manchester, she worked for some years with English-language texts and at a literary agency in Amsterdam before becoming a full-time translator of literary fiction and non-fiction. Authors whose books she has translated include Ida Simons, Geert Mak, Linda Polman, Fik Meijer, Paul Scheffer, Lieve Joris, Jaap Scholten, Luuk van Middelaar, and Douwe Draaisma.