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‘Mooie quotes.’ Vrij Nederland ‘Ondanks de heikele kwesties die ’t Hart in haar karakter blootlegt, is het een liefdevol portret van een moeder met bizarre trekjes.’ De Morgen
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Bestseller in the Netherlands and abroad, with over 110,000 copies sold in Japan alone Life’s major themes are broached in the moving and amusing encounters between animals Tellegen’s books have been translated in 25 languages
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Toon Tellegen What the Hedgehog Really Wanted One day the hedgehog, who often feels lonely, decides to invite everyone over. But at the same time it shies away from the idea, as it’s always afraid of doing something wrong. And what if the elephant really does show up, wouldn’t it break everything? And what about the frog’s croaking, will anyone even hear what the hedgehog has to say? What is actually worse, unexpected visitors or losing sleep over visitors you’re expecting? No, there’s a world of difference between wanting something and getting it. Maybe the hedgehog should just enjoy being alone.
‘Tellegen writes in a moving and entertaining manner. As much as he twists, exaggerates, shrinks and fools around, he never hides his subject matter: recognizable human behaviour and recognizable human emotions.’ de Volkskrant
Toon Tellegen (1941), a retired
Original title Het verlangen van de egel Novel | 136 pages | Querido
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family doctor, is a well read and acclaimed
Japanese (Shinchosha), Korean (Book 21), Complex Chinese
writer of poetry and prose. He first wrote
(Global Kids), Simplified Chinese (CITIC Press), Turkish
animal stories for children, then animal
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novels for adults. All of life’s major themes © Keke Keukelaar
are broached in the moving and amusing
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encounters between animals, which also can be read as philosophical musings on the human condition.
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Over 75,000 copies sold ‘A monument novel.’ Author David Van Reybrouck Awarded the prestigious Libris Literature Prize 2017 as well as the Henriëtte Roland Holst Prize 2017
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Alfred Birney The Interpreter from Java For a Dutch cobbler’s daughter, a former military interpreter from the Indies and their son there is no present. Only a burdened past. The son haunts his parents with questions about the war in the DutchIndies that still rages in their family. Their stories are thrilling, hilarious, horrible, inconceivable, raw, but not without humor.
‘A masterful novel’ **** De Volkskrant ‘An impressive novel. What a meaningful story about a torn up country, father and son.’ ***** AD Magazine Original title De tolk van Java
‘Merciless novel.’ NRC Handelsblad
Alfred Birney (1951) is the author
Novel | 541 pages | De Geus
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of a great oeuvre of fiction and non-fiction, in which his family’s Dutch-Indies history
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has a central role. In his novels he writes
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about his youth, dominated by his father,
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and the years he had to spend at boarding
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school. In The Interpreter from Java Birney
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describes both his parents’ histories and the impact their lives had on his own.
Moving coming-of-age story, but also a gripping, unconventional detective novel, based on historical facts Bestselling international author
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Arthur Japin Kolya Kolya was eight years old and a deaf-mute when the brothers Modest and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky took him under their wing. They were companions for years and their travels throughout Europe freed the boy from his isolation. After the death of the famous composer in 1893, Kolya at once casts doubt on the official cause of death: cholera. The true circumstances are anxiously hushed up, but for a deaf man like Kolya, silence holds no secrets. He has three days—up until the state funeral— to unearth the truth. But while Petersburg roils with rumor, might he better serve the Tchaikovskys, who taught him to speak, by now holding his tongue? Did Tchaikovsky die a natural death or was he the victim of a conspiracy? What was in the letters used to blackmail him? What was the role of the secretive old boys’ club and their code of honor? Who pushed Tchaikovsky to his gruesome death, and why didn’t the czar intervene?
Original title Kolja Novel | 343 pages | De Arbeiderspers
Arthur Japin (1956) is one of
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Holland’s most famous authors. His great historical novels – The Two Hearts
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of Kwasi Boachi, In Lucia’s Eyes, Someone
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Found and Vaslav – were worldwide successes. His books have sold more © Corbino
than one and a half million copies in the Netherlands alone, and have been published in more than twenty languages.
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Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature 2017 ‘The most courageous novel in Dutch literature in decades.’ Jury report EUPL Winner of the BNG Literature Prize 2015 Film rights sold
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Jamal Ouariachi A Hunger Student Aurélie Lindeboom has the shock of her life when her boyfriend is arrested; the famous aid worker Alexander Laszlo has been accused of abusing one of his Ethiopian adoptees. Has Aurélie unwittingly shared her bed for over a year with a man who is a paedophile? Almost ten years later, when Aurélie is the mother of a young daughter and working as a journalist, Laszlo approaches her once again, with a proposal that will have far-reaching consequences. ‘A literary spectacle.’ ***** Het Parool ‘An immense book.’ ***** Algemeen Dagblad ‘The work of a born storyteller. Unmissable.’ **** De Standaard ‘In both style and content, A Hunger is a highlight of contemporary Dutch literature. Here we have a writer with something to say and who knows how to say it beautifully.’ ***** Noord Hollands Dagblad
Original title Een honger Novel | 592 pages | Querido
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(1978) studied
psychology and made his debut in 2010. He writes stories and opinion pieces for a number of newspapers and weekly © Arnout Hulskamp
magazines. His second novel, Tenderness, was published in 2013 and shortlisted for the BNG Literature Prize and the Gouden Boekenuil. A Hunger was longlisted for the Libris Literature Prize 2016.
Albanian (Dituria), Bulgarian (Colibri), Czech (Bourdon), Hungarian (Vince), Macedonian (Antolog), Polish (Relacja), Serbian (Akademska), Slovenian (Mladinska), Spanish (Tres Hermanas) English sample available Foreign rights: Jolijn Spooren | j.spooren@singeluitgeverijen.nl Martijn Prins | m.prins@singeluitgeverijen.nl
Autobiographical tale of Russia & Revolution Published exactly one hundred years after the finale of the Russian Revolution Waterdrinker is praised as the chronicler of modern Russia
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Pieter Waterdrinker 40, Tchaikovsky Street In his latest, strongly autobiographical novel, Waterdrinker takes the reader on a dazzling journey through Russian history and through his own life. The starting point is his house in Saint Petersburg, in the middle of the neighbourhood that, a hundred years ago, was the epicentre of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The novel is not only a chronicle of this period, which was to have a profound impact on the course of twentieth-century European history, but also an account of the unusually adventurous life of the author, who has spent the past quarter of a century in the Soviet Union and Russia. In the hands of Waterdrinker, the master storyteller, this results in a literary rollercoaster ride. A novel of breath-taking beauty, an ode to the divided soul of Russia and to the perpetual internal conflict this creates. It is also magnificent for the way Waterdrinker describes his own struggles with life, his writing, and love.
Original title Tsjaikovskistraat 40 Novel | 352 pages | Nijgh & Van Ditmar
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Pieter Waterdrinker (1961) is
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the author of big, panoramic novels such as The German Wedding and Poubelle. His work has been translated into English, Russian and German, winning international acclaim. He has been nominated several times for awards including the Libris Literature Prize and the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011.
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Gift of the Dutch Book Week 2016, printed at 700,000 copies Gerritsen was awarded the Frans Kellendonk Prize for her oeuvre in 2014 Gerritsen's books have been translated in 12 languages
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Esther Gerritsen Brother Minutes before Olivia has to speak at an important meeting of shareholders, her brother calls. His leg might have to be amputated. Marcus and Olivia hardly ever see each other, but the amputation has an unexpected impact on her, as if she’d be losing her own leg. She immediately drops everything in a hopeless attempt to save her brother. But is he really the one who needs to be saved? On Brother: ‘The amputation-story genre has gained a fine new example.’ NRC Handelsblad ‘Lively, amusing, and riveting— a typical “Gerritsen”, with a great many scintillating sentences and sharp observations.’ Trouw On Esther Gerritsen’s oeuvre: ‘It is difficult to imagine the literary world without Esther Gerritsen. She has originality, and she's here to stay.’ Daniëlle Serdijn in Hollands Diep ‘Esther Gerritsen writes witty, raw novels about human shortcomings.’ De Volkskrant
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Esther Gerritsen (1972) is an established novelist and playwright. Her
Original title Broer Novella | 96 pages | De Geus
Rights sold: German (Aufbau), French (Albin Michel), Turkish (Paris)
successful novels Craving (shortlisted for the Vondel Prize) and Roxy (nominated
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for the Libris Literature Prize) were published in English and for both books film
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rights have been sold. In 2014 Gerritsen
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was awarded the Frans Kellendonk prize
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for her body of work.
Over 15,000 copies sold and based on a true story Previous novel La Superba won the Libris Literature Prize and sold over 75,000 copies ‘Peachez is already the most romantic book of the year.’ **** de Volkskrant
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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Peachez, A Romance Peachez, A Romance is based on the true story of a professor in the United States who fell in love with a photo model he met while surfing the internet. He develops a transcendent love for her, which starts to mess up his life. Eventually his love turns out to be based on a fantasy. But isn’t that true for every love relationship? Peachez, A Romance covers the modern phenomena of catfishing as well as the eternal theme of searching for happiness in love. But it is also a philosophical novel that reads like a thriller.
‘Pfeijffer dances with reality and fiction.’ Het Parool ‘A clever and funny variation on Ovidius’ Pygmalionstory, in which a sculptor’s perfect woman is brought to life.’ De Groene Amsterdammer ‘In Peachez, A Romance, Cupid is beaten up with a pair of velvet boxing-gloves.’ De Standaard
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (1968)
Original title Peachez, een romance Novel | 176 pages | De Arbeiderspers
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writes novels, stories, poems, columns, essays, theatre plays and lyrics. He has lived and worked in Genoa for many © Stephan Vanfleteren
years. He is highly praised for both his poetry and his novels. His awardwinning novel La Superba was published in the United States (Deep Vellum), Germany (Aufbau) and Macedonia (Antolog).
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A graphic memoir; a creative approach to menopause Prose debut for adults by award-winning children’s books author Over 20,000 copies sold, number 2 on the general bestseller list
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Francine Oomen Riding the Wave. A Journal of Change Puberty, pregnancy: hundreds of books have been written about these great hormonal shuffles in a woman’s life. As author of the How to Survive…series, which helped thousands of teenagers through a difficult time, Francine Oomen knows what she is talking about. But menopause, the second big hormonal shuffle, has never truly been on the map. So when Oomen experienced this firsthand, she was totally ambushed by the symptoms, from brainfog to mood swings to all kinds of strange ailments. And a writer’s block. But the greatest challenge was perhaps her inner battle with Shrew, her inner critic and slave driver. Her struggle has led to this magnificent graphic memoir. Informative, aesthetically pleasing, comforting, confronting and hilarious, a book that documents a personal journey through an unknown and often challenging territory. A story that also opens our eyes to an
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important medical and social issue.
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Francine Oomen
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(1960)
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is a writer, illustrator en designer.
Norwegian (Gyldendal), Swedish (Wahlström & Widstrand),
She started designing, writing and
Spanish (Ediciones B)
illustrating children’s books in 1990. Her big breakthrough came with the
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award-winning How to Survive…-series. Her books have been translated in 12 languages and made into a movie and television series.
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Number 1 bestseller, over 200,000 copies sold International television rights sold By the uncrowned queen of literary non-fiction
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Annejet van der Zijl The American Princess On 13 April 1927, Allene Tew boarded the Mauretania in the harbour of New York. She was leaving behind everything she’d ever dreamed of as a young country girl – fame, fortune, motherhood and the love of her life. She’d lost almost everything. Tew was known as ‘the richest and saddest widow in town’, but she had a whole new life ahead of her: a family, a future as a real princess, Russian countess and godmother of the Dutch queen Beatrix. The American Princess is a reconstruction of a fascinating life, set in America and Europe, Victorian and modern times, industrial and Russian revolutions and two World Wars. But above all it’s the personal story of an exceptional woman who had the courage to follow her own, inimitable path to the bitter end. ‘With The American Princess, the Dutch ‘queen of literary non-fiction’ has outdone herself.’ ***** nrc Handelsblad ‘A heartwarming book.’ De Volkskrant
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Annejet van der Zijl has written several bestselling titles since 1998.
Original title De Amerikaanse prinses Literary non-fiction | 280 pages | illustrated | Querido
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2004 saw the publication of Sonny Boy, of which more than 600,000 copies have been
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sold in the Netherlands alone. The book has been published in many languages and has
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been made into a hugely successful major
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movie. The American Princess was shortlisted for the Libris History Prize 2016.
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The sad story of the self-chosen death of the author’s brother Provoked an international discussion, including interviews with the BBC and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Marcel Langedijk We’ll Always Have the Memories Right after his first daughter is born, Marcel speaks to his brother Mark for the first time in years. The reason they lost touch was Mark’s severe alcoholism. Mark has some news for Marcel: he’s been busy all year arranging to qualify for euthanization. Recently he has eventually received permission and it will happen soon. In We’ll Always Have the Memories Marcel Langedijk describes the inevitable death of his brother. Mark kept a diary in the final phase of his life. Excerpts from that diary show the heartbreaking moments of someone who cannot live without alcohol, but who also can’t bear to live with the drinking, his severe depression and anxieties with no prospect of recovery. This book is an extremely touching personal story on the loss of a loved one: the incredulity, the memories, the sorrow, the farewell, but it also raises the question: how well can you really know someone?
Original title Gelukkig hebben we de foto’s nog Non-fiction | 220 pages | Uitgeverij Q
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Marcel Langedijk (1972) is a journalist and author. He has worked for numerous
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six books, the most recent being
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The Dad, a parenting book for fathers.
Everything you want to know and the things you can do to live an eco-neutral lifestyle Provides tools to make a difference, including an Impact Top 10 Includes an online tool to calculate your own eco-impact
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Babette Porcelijn Hidden Impact This book gives insight into our ecological impact on the planet. This impact takes place mostly out
Dit boek geeft inzicht in onze impact op de planeet. Die impact vindt grotendeels plaats buiten ons zicht en hij is groter dan we denken. Als je weet waar de grootste problemen zitten, kun je pas echt effectief verduurzamen. De verborgen impact biedt houvast voor mensen die hun negatieve impact op de planeet willen ombuigen in een positieve.
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of sight and it is worse than we think. If you know what the biggest problems are, you can make more effective improvements. Hidden Impact helps people
Babette Porcelijn heeft Industrieel Ontwerpen gestudeerd aan de TU Delft. Daar heeft zij kennis van industriële processen en ketenanalyse opgedaan. Babette heeft een ontwerpstudio voor design en communicatie.
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who want to reverse their negative impact on the planet and make it a positive one.
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‘Ontzettend goed, bewogen en zinnig boek. Het zet mooi op een rijtje waar we het meest vervuilen en zet de zin en onzin rond consumeren en produceren naast elkaar. Van sommige cijfers val je gewoon van je stoel’
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‘As a kind of Alice in Wonderland, Babette Porcelijn has examined how things stand with the
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environment.’ De Volkskrant
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Babette Porcelijn
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studied
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Industrial Design Engineering at the Technical University Delft. That’s where she gained knowledge of industrial processes and life cycle analysis. Babette has a studio for design and communication and is nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 2017. She is a popular blogger and speaker on sustainability.
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On the unique collaboration between music and the brain Top ten bestseller with over 25,000 copies sold By the author of bestseller Keep Your Brain Running, over 75,000 copies sold
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Erik Scherder Singing in the Brain Erik Scherder plays the violin. He isn’t that good at it, yet, but practicing music stimulates his brain and makes him fit – and happy. Music, experienced in any way, professionally or for fun, passive or active, can do wonders. In Singing in the Brain Scherder describes how. A number of remarkable people are introduced: the violinist who survived an earthquake, the girl awakened from a coma by her favourite music, the paralysed guitarist turned composer, the identical twins who can’t follow a tune, but are rhythmic geniuses. Why does a song become a hit? Why do we love sad music? Alternating captivating science with unique case studies, the Netherlands’ most enthusiastic professor answers all questions as only he can: with pace, skill and great empathy. ‘The author is contagiously enthusiastic – as always.’ Trouw
Original title Singing in the brain Non-fiction | 232 pages | Athenaeum — Polak & Van Gennep
Erik Scherder
is professor of
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neuropsychology at the VU in Amsterdam and professor of Human Movement Sciences at the
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University of Groningen. Together with former
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Olympic skater Ard Schenk and bestselling author Dick Swaab, he gives lectures. In 2013, he was voted best teacher in the Netherlands and he is a regular guest on De Wereld Draait Door, the biggest Dutch talk show.
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The importance of invisible life Collaboration with the only microbial museum in the world
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Remco Kort Microbe Man Man is a walking ecosystem. During our lifetime, our body provides the right conditions for a giant community of microorganisms. Yet we see microbes primarily as the cause of diseases and decay and we try all we can to eliminate them with antibiotics and disinfectants. The truth is, from the colonization of our body at birth to the dissolution after our death, bacteria play an essential role in our lives. Microbe Man takes a clear and close look at this crucial role, which leads to atonement for these little organisms. We are repeatedly, and each time from a different perspective, brought into this invisibly tiny world that proves to be bigger than ever imagined possible.
Original title De microbe-mens Non-fiction | 320 pages | Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep
Remco Kort (1970)
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is an endowed professor of Microbial Genomics at the Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam, microbiologist at TNO, co-founder © Sacha de Boer
of the Yoba for Life Foundation, and professor of ARTIS-Micropia, the world’s only microbial museum.
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Arnon Grunberg The Man Without Illness Over 50,000 copies sold, international film rights sold A rnon Grunberg was declared most influential international artist of The Netherlands in 2016 In The Man Without Illness, the young Swiss architect Samarendra travels to Baghdad to work on a design for a new opera house. He is convinced that the duty of the architect is to make people’s lives easier and more beautiful. The Man Without Illness deals with the Western illusion of comfort and security. Sharply and sometimes sardonically, Grunberg depicts a world in which nothing is as it seems and human beings are playthings of powers that they cannot control.
Rights sold: German (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), French (Héloïse d’Ormesson), Hebrew (Hakibbutz), Hungarian (Gondolat), Portuguese (Rádio Londres), Turkish (Alef) English sample and German and French translation available
Original title De man zonder ziekte Novel | 224 pages | Nijgh & Van Ditmar
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Annelies Verbeke Thirty Days Winner of the F. Bordewijk Prize for Best Novel 2015, the NRC Book Award for Best Dutch-language Novel of the Year 2015 and the Opzij Literature Prize 2016 O ver 25,000 copies sold Verbeke’s books are translated in 24 countries Alphonse moved to the Flemish Westhoek with his girlfriend Kat, away from the hustle and bustle of Brussels and a precarious living as a musician. He is content now, working alone as a handyman. His clients are pleased with his work; they are even more impressed by his presence and open themselves up to him and seek his advice. But Alphonse does not want to be a Jesus figure, a guru. Original title Dertig dagen Novel | 320 pages | De Geus
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Marente de Moor The Dutch Maiden Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature 2014 ‘Great narrative talent.’ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Over 70,000 copies sold In the summer of 1936, Janna, a young Dutch fencer, is sent away to stay with her father’s old friend, a German, Egon von Bötticher. Egon has returned injured and embittered from the front at the end of the First World War, and now teaches fencing, and organizes bloody duels. In this strange world, Janna, intrigued by her unfeeling maître d’armes, starts looking for answers. What happened between Egon and her father? Which of them has old scores to settle? Rights sold: Albanian (Dituria), Bulgarian (Izida), Croatian (Naklada Ljevak), English (World Editions), German (Suhrkamp), Hungarian (Libri), Italian (Del Vecchio), Macedonian (Antolog), Polish (Relacja), Serbian (Heliks), Turkish (Alakarga)
Original title De Nederlandse maagd Novel | 300 pages | Querido
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Jaap Robben You Have Me To Love Winner of the Dioraphte Prize, the ANV Debut Prize and the Dutch Book Seller Award Film rights sold and over 40,000 copies sold ‘This is a bold, tender and ambivalent narrative, raw and disturbing, with moments of painful beauty.’ The Irish Times Mikael lives with his parents on a small, remote island. At the age of nine, his father disappears into the sea. Mikael keeps silent about what actually happened. Guilt and inner conflict torment and consume him, but then his mother forces him to do the impossible…
Original title Birk Novel | 256 pages | De Geus
Rights sold: English (World Editions), German (Ars Vivendi), Turkish (Kahve), Czech (Vyšehrad) English translation available
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Renate Dorrestein A Heart of Stone Over 200,000 copies sold ‘A triumph.’ Kirkus Book Reviews. ‘A striking and finely tuned novel.’ The New York Times. ‘Moving, chilling, powerful.’ Tracy Chevalier Twelve-year-old Ellen van Bemmel is the only one of the four siblings in her close-knit family who looks towards the birth of their new baby sister with great anxiety. What if the curse she cast actually becomes a reality? Twenty-five years later, Ellen is the last surviving member of her family when she returns to her childhood home. She is pregnant and looking for answer to the questions her unborn child is bound to ask when it grows up: ‘Don’t I have a grandmother, mummy? And a grandfather? Don’t I have a family? Why not?’ Translated in 14 languages
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Marcel van Ool From Nature T he influence of the landscape of the Netherlands on the work of Mondriaan – and vice versa Mondriaan was one of the most famous artists of the Western world. He gave us beautiful images of the Dutch countryside and remained innovative when he no longer depicted nature and visible reality. Appreciation for the abstract Mondriaan derived with difficulty in the Netherlands. But when it happened, he was embraced. His work is as Dutch as the polder. Art historian and employee of State Forrestry Marcel van Ool takes us along the places where Mondriaan worked. He discovered his spirituality and his humor. He also looked for the influence of Mondriaan on the new Netherlands: after the Second World War seventy percent of our country was redeployed. Critics were talking about the 'Mondrianization of the Original title Uit de natuur Non-fiction | 246 pages | Illustrated | Athenaeum – Polak & Van Gennep
landscape'. What does that mean? And is that correct? Van Ool comes to surprising conclusions, proving he is right by using many beautiful works by the great painter.
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J.J. Hermsen Melancholy in Times of Turmoil Essay of the Philosophy Month 2017 by bestselling author Number 1 on the general bestseller list, selected for the Dutch Foundation for Literature’s ‘Ten Books’ brochure Man is a homo melancholicus who knows about loss and transience and tries to turn this realization into hope and creativity. However, in times of misery when our melancholy is pulled to the dark side of loss through turmoil and fear, it can turn into depression. Besides peace, love and attention, we also need social affiliation and a flourishing politicalcultural world to alleviate our fears and to keep our melancholy ‘healthy’. In this essay, Hermsen investigates with philosophers like Hannah Arendt, Ernst Bloch and Lou Andreas-Salomé when man still has sufficient courage, power and hope to get past the loss and seek a new relationship with the world and himself.
Original title Melancholie van de onrust
English sample available
German and Spanish rights are represented by SvH Literary Agency
Essay | 156 pages | De Arbeiderspers
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Olav Mol How Formule 1 Works Everything you want to know about the Formula 1 80,000 copies of Olav Mol’s books on Formula 1 sold to date Formula 1 is much more complicated than it seems - the teams use the most advanced techniques and strategies. Everything is well thought out and practically every aspect of the sport is constantly being developed to get the very best out of the cars and the drivers. How Formula 1 Works is a beautifully illustrated reference work, which is both suitable for the novice viewer and the seasoned lover of the sport. Topics covered include: • The technique of a Formula 1 car • The current rules • The cost of running a Formula 1 team Original title Zo werkt de Formule 1 Non-fiction | 192 pages | Illustrated | Uitgeverij Q
• Training of a driver • A look behind the scenes at the teams
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Fik Meijer Gladiators By the widely read and highly praised author of numerous books on ancient history, with over 100,000 copies sold in total Gives a complete and clear view of what was probably the most popular public entertainment in ancient Rome. Gladiator shows were atrocious and cruel, but immensely popular in Rome. For centuries millions of spectators gazed with admiration on the game of death in the arena. In Gladiators Meijer describes the gladiator fights and all that they involve. Central issue of the book is an account of a day-filling programme: in the morning wild animals were either made to fight each other or they were hunted by gladiators, around noon innumerable people were killed by brutal and artfully designed executions, and in the afternoon gladiators fought each other for life or death. Original title Gladiatoren. Volksvermaak in
Translated into 11 languages
het Colosseum | Non-fiction | 256 pages |
English translation available
Athenaeum – Polak & Van Gennep
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Guus Kuijer The Bible for Unbelievers Over 80,000 copies sold Part 2 shortlisted and part 3 longlisted for the AKO Literature Prize 2014 Retelling of Bible stories by one of the Netherlands’ most popular writers The Bible is a fascinating book. Western culture is unimaginable without the Christian holy book. However, many people, particularly those who did not grow up within the Christian tradition, have never read it. And that is a great shame, as it contains some of the most beautiful stories in world literature. Guus Kuijer retells these tales for both non-believers and believers, relating them from the points of view of the women, the slaves, the have-nots and the underdogs.
Original title De Bijbel voor ongelovigen 288 pages Athenaeum – Polak & Van Gennep
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as one of the greatest
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Reciprocal – An equally
Holland’s best-loved writers
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about motherhood and loss *
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Kristien Hemmerechts
Luuk Imhann
The Woman Who Fed the Dogs
Paradise – Debut * A contemporary
- Hemmerechts was awarded
answer to William Golding’s Lord
the Flemish State Prize and the
of the Flies, a possible prequel to
Frans Kellendonk Prize for her
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
complete oeuvre * Based on a
and the first part of a new trilogy
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* ‘Right away an attempt to
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Frans Kellendonk On Open Sea – By the winner
Mystical Body – Kellendonk’s
of the Constantijn Huygens
work is widely regarded as
Prize 2016 * Pageturner *
among the best writing in
Literary novel that reads like
modern Dutch * A modern,
a thriller * Denmark and the
literary classic * An iconic
East Sea as decor of a most
novel about the AIDS
up-to-date, disturbing novel
generation * Rights sold
* Tiny island inundated by a
to Scritturapura (Italy) and
tsunami of events * English
Gallimard (France) * English
sample available
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f i c t i on
Character – Bordewijk’s
Lieke Kézér
Natalie Koch Untraceable University -
confident debut * For fans
Three magical novels, one
of Jennifer Egan * Winner
gripping family history * The
of the ANV Debut Prize
final part of the trilogy went
2017 * Lifelike characters
straight into the bestseller
that get under your skin *
lists * ‘Natalie Koch picks up
‘An exceptionally strong
where J.K. Rowling left off.’
and balanced debut.’ *****
Pink Bullets * English sample
Noordhollands Dagblad
and summary available
Bas Kwakman
Joke van Leeuwen Tales from Hotel
A Song of Inexperience
Rooms – Artist and
– Van Leeuwen’s books
director of Poetry
have been published in
International * A
over 15 countries * A
world tour in 40
compelling and thought-
stories * Illustrated
provoking migration novel
with hotel room
* Shortlisted for the Libris
drawings by the
Literature Prize 2016 *
author * English
English translation available
sample available
Tessa de Loo
Nescio Love in Pangea – Author
Amsterdam Stories – A
of a multi-faceted and
small, refined body of work
internationally acclaimed
* Proven classic – the
literary oeuvre * Her novel
best of the treasure trove
The Twins sold over 1,000,000
of Dutch literature * ‘A
copies * 7,500 copies sold *
significant Dutch writer.’
English rights sold * Tessa
Publishers Weekly * Rights
de Loo is represented by the
sold to 18 countries * English
Susijn Agency
translation available
Richard de Nooy
Gustaaf Peek All the Little Heroes – For
Goddess, Hero – Honest
fans of David Mitchell
and poignant love story
and David Szalay * A
told backwards * Shortlist
kaleidoscopic novel
Libris Literature Prize 2015
on little lives of great
* Longlist Gouden Boekenuil
significance * His work
and ECI Literature Prize 2015
has been translated to
* Over 40,000 copies sold *
English and South African
Rights sold to DVA (Germany)
* English sample available
* English sample available
f i c t i on
Absences – Convincing and
Roos van Rijswijk
Thomas Rosenboom Public Works - Over 400,000
columns, plays and stories
copies sold * Made into a
* Nominated for the Anton
major movie in 2015, available
Wachter Prize 2016 * ‘Subtle
worldwide on Netflix as A Noble
and daring novel about a
Intention * The only author
bond as fragile as a cobweb.’
to have won the prestigious
**** de Volkskrant * ‘A subtle,
Libris Literature Prize twice *
understated, idiosyncratic
Magnificent literary novel on
novel.’ **** NRC Handelsblad
nineteenth-century Amsterdam
* English sample available
K. Schippers
Elfie Tromp First Impressions –
Underdog – Writer of
Highly original novel *
novels, columns and plays
A modern classic * The
* Nominated for the BNG
memories of a three-
Literature Prize 2015 and
year-old girl * Schippers
the Dioraphte Literature
was awarded the P.C.
Prize 2016 * ‘Sneaky sharp
Hooft Prize for his oeuvre
formulations, tragicomic sentences you won’t find with anyone else.’ NRC Handelsblad * English sample available
Christiaan Weijts
Ivan Wolffers
A Dissonant Season * A novel
Brother of God – Wolffers is a
like a string quartet. Compelling
medical anthropologist and
and intimate. Intense and
emeritus professor Health
polyphonic. * ‘A rich, classic
and Culture * Fifty years of
novel, reminiscent of the
experiences in the medical
masters like Thomas Mann and
world incorporated in an
Simon Vestdijk, far removed
immersive novel on the rise
from all popular philandering.’
and fall of a physician * Tenth
Trouw * Longlisted for the Libris
novel by bestselling author
Literature Prize 2017
Koos van Zomeren
Joost Zwagerman
Otto’s War – Van Zomeren is
Gimmick! - Over 200,000
the author of a large oeuvre of
copies sold * By the 2008
literary novels, autobiographical
winner of the Gouden
prose, short stories, poetry,
Ganzenveer oeuvre prize *
thrillers and nonfiction, with
Modern classic and a must
nature as the most important
read * Film rights sold *
theme * Breakthrough novel of
Zwagerman’s books have
a literary writer * Over 20,000
been published in many
copies sold
countries
f i c t i on
Unholy – Van Rijswijk writes
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Hester Knibbe
Night Rudder – Winner
Archaic the Animals – Has pub-
of the Herman de
lished fifteen books of poetry
Coninck Prize for the
to date * Winner of a number
best Flemish debut * On
of prestigious Dutch prizes in-
previous poetry collection
cluding the Herman Gorter Prize
Chameleon: ‘A precocious
(2000), the A. Roland Holst Prize
but certainly not prema-
(2009) and the VSB Poetry Prize
ture debut that regularly
(2015) * Archaic the Animals is
makes us turn a different colour.’ **** De Morgen *
about guilt, shame and other uncomfortable emotions, but
English rights sold
also about vitality in all its forms
Leonard Nolens
Maud Vanhauwaert
po e t r y
2008
Charlotte Van den Broeck
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nde spreekstem, de verhaal van zijn eigen aal van zijn generatie en maken Bres tot een hoogjke dichter.’ De Morgen
kt aan zijn dichtbundel e buitenstaander die zijn d om hem heen scherp k.’ de Volkskrant
Leonard Nolens Bres
b Poëzieprijs 2008:
Leonard Nolens
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Breach - Nolens received
We Are Paral-
many prizes for his work,
lel – Winner of
including the Constantijn
the prestigious
Huygens Prize for his oeuvre
Hugues C. Pernath
in 1997 * Published in French,
Prize 2015 and the
German, Polish, Italian *
Herman de Con-
Winner of the VSB Poetry prize
inck public award
2008 * Considered a landmark
* Also nominated
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in contemporary Dutch poetry
for the VSB Poetry Prize and the Ida Gerhart Prize * English,
* English sample available
French and Spanish translation available
Britta Bolt
Bram Dehouck A Sleepless Summer – 15,000
driven detective series, set in
copies sold * Two-time win-
the city of Amsterdam * Written
ner of the Golden Noose *
in English by Amsterdam-based
Nominated for the Crimezone
authors * Rights sold to Mulhol-
Best Thriller Award * ‘Very
land Books (UK), Hoffmann und
few Dutch thriller authors are
Campe (Germany) * TV rights
able to touch his authorship.’
sold to Endor Productions *
– Trouw * English, German
English manuscript available
and French rights sold
Anna Levander
Charles den Tex The Morten Trilogy – For
Bot – Highly acclaimed
lovers of series such as
author, whose work has
Borgen and House of
been compared to that of
Cards * Written by two
John Grisham, Michael
Dutch political journal-
Crichton and Michael
ists and spin doctors *
Ridpath * Three-time win-
A political trilogy with
ner of the Golden Noose *
thriller-like elements *
Over 15,000 copies sold *
TV rights sold
English sample available
thrillers
Posthumus Trilogy – A character-
Marjolein Uitzinger
Hilde Vandermeeren
The Partisan – Political
Silent Ground – Flemish author
thriller set in Berlin * Fourth
with international appeal * A
thriller by journalist and
gripping psychological thriller
former radio and television
about family ties and a past
presenter, now living in
that can never be buried *
Berlin * Nominated for the
Vandermeeren published in
Diamond Bullet * ‘A book
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
that extends well above
* Movie rights sold * Shortlisted
ground level.’ **** AD-
for the Golden Noose 2016 *
Magazine
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Jeroen van Bergeijk
Machiel Bosman The Predator King – Shortlisted
Journalist, writer and
for the Libris History Prize 2016
founder of publishing
* Military adventure set in the
house Fosfor * Pilgrimage
glorious Golden Age * Successful
to Santiago de Compostella
combination of history and
* Recognizable for men
thrilling literature * Innovative
with a midlife crisis (or
research in combination with
their wives)
a compelling literary style * English sample available
Martin Bossenbroek
Victor Broers
The Boer War – Winner of the 2013
The Power of Narratives – In
Libris History Prize * The full story
search of new economic
on the Boer War * Never before
thinking * Broers described
has the Boer War been described
the changes taking place in
in such a vivid and comprehensive
present-day Europe and starts
manner * Rights sold to Jacana
a search for a new leading
(South Africa), C.H. Beck (Germany),
concept * He started the
Seven Stories Press (US) and Seuil
project ‘Redesigning Europe’ *
(France) * German translation and
English sample available
English sample available
Sara van Duijn
Thijs Feuth It’s All Biology – Simple
Behind God’s Back – By a
examples from the animal
physician living in Finland,
kingdom to complex
on a search for a way of
matter on DNA * Perfect
living in the snow cloaked
introduction in the world of
and remote Lapland * Life
biology, giving insight into
questions inspired by nature,
the world surrounding us
the villagers, isolation and
* By biologist finishing her
severe winter * English
PhD on Alzheimer’s disease
sample available
non - f i c t i on
Love, Suffer, Resolve –
Renske de Greef
Hella S. Haasse Moments in Valois – Describes the
– Graphic columns * Written
changing ‘old’ France and offers
and drawn by hand, word and
an image of the author herself
image perfectly complement
* ‘Few authors have put Dutch
each other * Reflects the
literature on the international
Zeitgeist in a distinctive
stage with such grace and
and original style, which
certainty, as Hella S. Haasse.’
bursts with bizarre asides
Jury report Prijs der Nederlandse
and subtle (self) mockery *
Letteren * Haasse’s work is
English sample available
translated into 25 languages
Maarten ‘t Hart
Martin Hendriksma The World of Maarten ‘t
The Rhine – Biography of a
Hart – Surprising and quirky
river * By a journalist and
essay anthology covering
true narrator * Roaring book
subjects like literature,
that changes our view of the
biology, religion, feminism
river forever though vibrant
and music * Author of more
style and surprising and
than 30 books * Classic
unforgettable anecdotes
novel A Flight of Rainbirds sold over 1 million copies
Abel J. Herzberg
Marcel Hulspas Amor Fati – Highly personal
Mohammed and the Birth of Islam
essays * Includes some
– Hulspas is a science journalist,
of the earliest and most
columnist and reviewer who
impressive reflections on
has written extensively on the
the Holocaust * Translated
subject of pseudo-science * A
into German, English,
nuanced and realistic picture of
Hebrew and Italian
the Prophet * A new, unique view of Mohammed * German rights sold to WBG * English sample available
Krijn van der Jagt
Onno Kleyn
The Way Up – Anthropologist
Vacation Cookbook – France,
who worked as a translating
Spain and Italy * Recipes, tips,
consultant for the World
information on local cuisine,
Association of Biblical
culinary glossaries and help with
Societies * An anthropological
groceries * Kleyn is culinary and
reading of the Bible * A Bible
wine journalist, author of over 40
for Darwinists
books, teacher of culinary history and founder of the Academy for Culinary Writing
non - f i c t i on
Why I’m Not an Axe Murderer
Elisabeth Leijnse
Mariët Meester The Tribune of the Poor – Every
professor of literature at the
year during the Easter proces-
University of Namen * Over
sion in Semana Santa a convict
20,000 copies sold * Winner of
is released from the prison in
the Libris History Prize 2016
Málaga * Meester unravels this
* Biography of two sisters,
ancient and unique tradition *
daughters of a progressive aris-
On the longing for humanity
tocratic family, freules as well as militant women, who made very different choices in life
Dik van der Meulen
Lidewey van Noord
The Children of the Night
Peter Sagan – Portrait of the
– On wolf and men * By
Tourminator * ‘Since 2012 it has
the winner of the AKO Lit-
become increasingly clear that
erature Prize 2003 and the
Peter Sagan is, as the French
Libris History Prize 2014
would say, un cas à part – in a
* ‘An accessible study on
class of his own.’ The Guardian *
what connects humans and
Van Noord writes for several cy-
wolves.’ **** De Morgen *
cling magazines and has written
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a daily column for de Volkskrant during the Tour de France
Henk Schulte Nordholt
Erik Schumacher
China and the Barbarians –
Mau en Gerty – A Jewish
Schulte Nordholt is a sinol-
love story during mass
ogist * He lived and worked
migration and world wars
in China for years * ‘A clever
* A double biography *
and astute book that shows
Schumacher is a journalist
how the Chinese Commu-
and historian * German
nist Party is using classical
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culture to redesign society.’ ***** NRC Handelsblad * English rights sold to LUP
Liesbeth Smit
Barbara Stok I’ll See If I Can Make It – The
Vincent - Graphic novel
silent revolution of introverts
about one of the greatest
* Recognizable and full of
Dutch artists ever * Over
humour * Handy tips, expert
10,000 copies sold in the
input, lists, gadgets for intro-
Netherlands * Rights sold
verts, introvert lingo and vari-
to 15 countries * English
ous introvert struggles * Beau-
translation available
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non - f i c t i on
Cécile and Elsa – Leijnse is
Henk van Straten
Peter Teffer Dieselgate – How the
Here – Memoir on grow-
industry fiddled and Europe
ing up with three older
failed * Teffer is a freelance
half-brothers * Brutal and
journalist writing articles
expressive: an entire life in a
for the New York Times, the
childhood * Humorous and
Deutsche Welle and NRC *
poignant * Sharp and emo-
Follows European energy
tional observations * English
and environmental politics
sample available
for EUobserver.com
Ewald Vanvugt
Christoph Vekeman Predator State – What every
Johnny Paycheck – Untold
resident of a trade nation
story of one of the most prom-
should know * Over 10,000
inent and talented artists in
copies sold * Film rights
the history of country music *
for television series sold *
The story of a hardcore version
Also available in a compact
of Johnny Cash * On the spirit
edition
of country music and the ‘outlaw movement’
Ben van der Velden
Sidney Volmer
Fair Deceivers – How Italians
On/Off – Balancing your
and the Dutch feel about
life on- and offline * How
taxes * Van der Velden
to feel more human in a
worked as a journalist and
digital world * Personal
foreign correspondent at
and candid * Suggestions
NRC Handelsblad for many
and principles to tackle
years
our dependence on modern digital technology * Vollmer is a communications strategist
Ysbrand van der Werf
Frank Westerman
Everybody Sleeps – Everything
In the Land of the Nodding
we know about our night’s rest
Pumps – By the maestro of
* Focus on the combination of
reporting * Fifteen stories on
fundamental research and its
the feasibility of the Neth-
applicability * German rights
erlands * One on the most
sold (Patmos) * Over 5,000
translated Dutch authors *
copies sold
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