A tour de force of history and imagination, The Lady and the Unicorn is Tracy Chevalier’s answer to the mystery behind one of the art world’s great masterpieces—a set of bewitching medieval tapestries that hangs today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. They appear to portray the seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown—until now.

Paris, 1490.  A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house—mother and daughter, servant, and lady-in-waiting—before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven. There, master weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has to finish the tapestries—his finest, most intricate work—on time for his exacting French client. The results change all their lives—lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.

In The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier weaves fact and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry—an extraordinary story exquisitely told.

The Lady and the Unicorn

A classic novel in the tradition of The Tin Drum, The Sorrow of Belgium is a searing, scathingly funny portrait of a wartime Belgium and one boy's coming of age-emotionally, sexually, and politically. Epic in scope, by turns hilarious and elegiac, The Sorrow of Belgium is the masterwork of one of the world's greatest contemporary authors."

The Sorrow of Belgium

With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.
     Niccolò Rising, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460. Jousting is the genteel pastime, and successful merchants are, of necessity, polyglot. Street smart, brilliant at figures, adept at the subtleties of diplomacy and the well-timed untruth, Dunnett's hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies. From a riotous and potentially murderous carnival in Flanders, to an avalanche in the Alps and a pitched battle on the outskirts of Naples, Niccolò Rising combines history, adventure, and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault.

Niccolò Rising (The House of Niccolò, #1)

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million—all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human rights movement of the twentieth century, in which everyone from Mark Twain to the Archbishop of Canterbury participated.

"King Leopold's Ghost" is the haunting account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions, a man as cunning, charming, and cruel as any of the great Shakespearean villains. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who fought Leopold: a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure and unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust. 

Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent. Chief among them is Edmund Morel, a young British shipping agent who went on to lead the international crusade against Leopold. Another hero of this tale, the Irish patriot Roger Casement, ended his life on a London gallows. Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and William Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming above them all, the duplicitous billionaire King Leopold II.

With great power and compassion, "King Leopold's Ghost" will brand the tragedy of the Congo—too long forgotten—onto the conscience of the West.

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (Picador Classic)

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Edward Manners, un joven británico en busca de aires nuevos, llega a una pequeña ciudad flamenca para dar clases de inglés y no tarda en quedar prendado de uno de sus alumnos, Luc Altidore, un enigmático chico de diecisiete años al que acaban de expulsar de la escuela.

Mientras en Inglaterra un antiguo amante muere de sida, en la pequeña ciudad flamenca Edward conoce a una serie de peculiares personajes: Cherif, un marroquí nacido en París que frecuenta el bar gay de la localidad; el excéntrico Matt, que vende material pornográfico y ropa íntima usada, y Paul Echevin, padre de otro de sus alumnos y director del museo local, quien lo introduce en el tortuoso mundo de Edgard Orst, un pintor simbolista fallecido durante la ocupación nazi, que vivió una arrebatada pasión por una famosa actriz y que pintó impactantes trípticos.

Y como un tríptico está estructurada esta novela en la que Hollinghurst demuestra su talento para entremezclar lo refinado y lo sórdido, y para ahondar en los entresijos del deseo y las pasiones, combinando magistralmente tragedia y humor.

La estrella de la guarda fue finalista y, según muchos críticos, «vencedora moral» del Premio Booker, que finalmente no se le concedió por lo explícito de algunas escenas que al parecer escandalizaron al jurado.ble desire.

The Folding Star

Nancy Drew has entered a contest to solve an old mystery-the disappearance of a Flemish nobleman, a pair of lace cuffs, and a priceless treasure. In a thrilling story shadowed by a romance of the past, Nancy solves a mystery over a hundred years in the making.

The Secret in the Old Lace (Nancy Drew, #59)

"Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 9029504226 - ISBN 13: 9789029504225"

"De Kapellekensbaan" vertelt over de brutale en sluwe Ondineke Bosmans die haar vlechtjes, haar borstjes en haar charme in de strijd gooit om hogerop te komen en te ontsnappen aan het grauwe bestaan in 'de stad van de twee fabrieken waar het altijd regent, zelfs als de zonne schijnt'. Maar zij verliest. In een onstuitbaar relaas verhaalt Louis Paul Boon van haar ondergang en het overal voelbare verval om haar heen.
"De Kapellekensbaan" is een magistrale roman over maatschappelijke ellende, over de ongrijpbare complexiteit van het bestaan en over het schrijven, en veroorzaakte bij verschijnen grote opschudding door zijn zowel naar vorm als inhoud onorthodoxe karakter. Boons zoektocht naar een stijl om de naoorlogse realiteit recht te doen, een groteske wereld zonder innerlijke samenhang of logisch verband, leidde tot een opzettelijk fragmentarische, caleidoscopische antiroman. Het is Boons terecht steeds weer herdrukte meesterproef en een van de absolute hoogtepunten uit de Nederlandstalige literatuur van de afgelopen eeuw.

De Kapellekensbaan

Hugues Viane is a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal location in which to mourn his wife and as a backdrop for the narcissistic wanderings of his disturbed spirit. He becomes obsessed with a young dancer whom he believes is the double of his beloved wife, leading him to psychological torment and humiliation, culminating in a deranged murder. This 1892 work is a poet's novel, dense, visionary, and haunting. Bruges, the 'dead city', becomes a metaphor for Hugues' dead wife as he follows its mournful labyrinth of streets and canals in a cyclical promenade of reflection and allusion--the ultimate evocation of Rodenbach's lifelong love affair with the enduring mystery and mortuary atmosphere of Bruges.

Bruges-La-Morte

"In the Company of Angels" is the powerful story of two damaged souls trying to find their way from darkness toward light.

Imprisoned and tortured for months by Pinochet's henchmen for teaching political poetry to his students, Bernardo Greene is visited by two angels, who promise him that he will survive to experience beauty and love once again. Months later, at the Torture Rehabilitation Center in Copenhagen, the Chilean exile befriends Michela Ibsen, herself a survivor of domestic abuse. In the long nights of summer, the two of them struggle to heal, to forgive those who have left them damaged, and to trust themselves to love.

Dense with wisdom and humanity, possessed of a timeless, fable-like quality, "In the Company of Angels "is a riveting read and a testament to the resilience and complexity of the human heart.

The novel marks the first large-scale US publication of a major American author, known internationally but only within literary circles in his homeland.

In the Company of Angels

Body CheckEverything’s coming together for budding fashion designer Carolina Preston. Only months away from having her own line, she could use some publicity. That’s when her brother suggests his best friend as a model - hockey player Drew Hogan.Carolina and Drew already have a history - a hot one, back in college. Unforgettable for Carolina, but for Drew, just another slap shot. This time, though, it’s different. His perfect body would be for professional use only. This time, she could use him.Drew is all for it. He’s looking forward to the exposure. Plus, it would give him a chance to prove to Carolina that he’s changed. If only he could thaw her emotions, convince her to let down her guard and let him in just one more time...

Melting the Ice (Play by Play, #7)

Love and marriage brought American anthropologist Elizabeth Enslin to a world she never planned to make her own: a life among Brahman in-laws in a remote village in the plains of Nepal. As she faced the challenges of married life, birth, and childrearing in a foreign culture, she discovered as much about human resilience, and the capacity for courage, as she did about herself.

"While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal" tells a compelling story of a woman transformed in intimate and unexpected ways. Set against the backdrop of increasing political turmoil in Nepal, Enslin’s story takes us deep into the lives of local women as they claim their rightful place in society—and make their voices heard.

While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal

“"Problemski Hotel" is an extremely fascinating book in which the daily life of asylum-seekers is related in an inimitable way . . . A profound portrayal of a group of people with no future.”—"De Standaard der Letteren"

A comic novel on a very serious subject. Dimitri Verhulst, an investigative journalist, had himself locked up in the asylum-seekers center at Arendonk for several days for a Flemish magazine. He then wrote a magazine article, but the experience would not let go of him. He wrote this comic, unabashedly politically incorrect novel, which is told from the perspective of asylum-seeker Bipul Masli, a press photographer from Somalia. The action takes place in an asylum-seekers center in Belgium in the final weeks of 2001.

Problemski Hotel

Can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Harry Pearson lived In Belgium for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce, and ate local delicacies such as kip kap, or jellied pig cheeks. This book commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke, and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels.

A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians

The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is broken into, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved in jars if aqua regia, an acid so strong it can even melt gold. In the empty safe is a scrap of paper on which a strange square has been drawn. At first, Inspector Van In pays little attention to the paper, focusing on the bizarre nature of the burglary. But when Degroof's offspring also receive letters with this same square, Van In and the beautiful new DA Hannelore Martens find themselves unraveling a complex web of enigmatic Latin phrase and a baroness' fallen family and Degroof's relationship with a hostage grandchild, ransomed for a priceless collection of art.

The Square of Revenge (Inspector Van In #1)

Na een beroerte raakt een amateuractrice en de moeder van de schrijver haar spraakvermogen kwijt. Langzaam en onherroepelijk takelt ze af, steeds minder in staat te communiceren met wie haar lief is. 

Al in zijn recent verschenen essaybundel Schermutseling schreef Tom Lanoye over haar. Maar hij was nog lang niet klaar met zijn verhaal. Pas in Sprakeloos maakt hij de hele balans op. Die van zijn kleurrijke jeugd, van zijn worsteling met de liefde, van zijn conflicten met de kleine moederdiva, en ten slotte: van de strijd die zij, bron van leven en moedertaal, manmoedig voert, en waarin ze reddeloos en redeloos ten onder gaat - en de blijvende woede en pijn die dat oplevert.

Sprakeloos

"New York Times "bestseller!" "

A 12-Month Plan to Financial Freedom

"A terrifically informative and thoughtful book." - Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of "The Happiness Project "and "The Four Tendencies"

In this essential handbook—a blend of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and "The Happiness Project"—the co-host of the wildly popular InvestED podcast shares her yearlong journey learning to invest, as taught to her by her father, investor and bestselling author Phil Town.

Growing up, the words finance, savings, and portfolio made Danielle Town’s eyes glaze over, and the thought of stocks and financial statements shut down her brain. The daughter of a successful investor and bestselling financial author of "Rule #1", Phil Town, she spent most of her adult life avoiding investing—until she realized that her time-consuming career as lawyer was making her feel anything but in control of her life or her money. Determined to regain her freedom, vote for her values with her money, and deal with her fear of the unpredictable stock market, she turned to her father, Phil, to help her take charge of her life and her future through Warren Buffett-style value investing. Over the course of a year, Danielle went from avoiding everything to do with the financial industrial complex to knowing exactly how and when to invest in wonderful companies.

In" Invested", Danielle shows you how to do the same: how to take command of your own life and finances by choosing companies with missions that match your values, using the same gold standard strategies that have catapulted Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to the top of the "Forbes" 400. Avoiding complex math and obsolete financial models, she turns her father’s investing knowledge into twelve easy-to understand lessons.

In each chapter, Danielle examines the investment strategies she mastered as her increasing know-how deepens the trust between her and her father. Throughout, she streamlines the process of making wise financial decisions and shows you just how easy—and profitable—investing can be.

Capturing a warm, charming, and down-to-earth give and take between a headstrong daughter and her mostly patient dad, "Invested "makes the complex world of investing simple, straightforward, and approachable, and will help you formulate your own investment plan—and foster the confidence to put it into action.

Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (with a Little Help from My Dad)

On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp, Belgium and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds and other valuables. They did so without tripping an alarm or injuring a single guard in the process.  Although the crime was perfect, the getaway was not. The police zeroed in on a band of professional thieves fronted by Leonardo Notarbartolo, a dapper Italian who had rented an office in the Diamond Center and clandestinely cased its vault for over two years.  The “who” of the crime had been answered, but the “how” remained largely a mystery. Enter Scott Andrew Selby, a Harvard Law grad and diamond expert, and Greg Campbell, author of "Blood Diamonds", who undertook a global goose chase to uncover the true story behind the daring heist. Tracking the threads of the story throughout Europe—from Belgium to Italy, in seedy cafés and sleek diamond offices—the authors sorted through an array of conflicting details, divergent opinions and incongruous theories to put together the puzzle of what actually happened that Valentine’s Day weekend.This real-life "Ocean’s Eleven"—a combination of diamond history, journalistic reportage, and riveting true-crime story—provides a thrilling in-depth study detailing the better-than-fiction heist of the century. 



Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History

An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl.

In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated from Dari as "dressed up like a boy") is a third kind of child – a girl temporarily raised as a boy and presented as such to the outside world. Jenny Nordberg, the reporter who broke the story of this phenomenon for the New York Times, constructs a powerful and moving account of those secretly living on the other side of a deeply segregated society where women have almost no rights and little freedom. 

The Underground Girls of Kabul is anchored by vivid characters who bring this remarkable story to life: Azita, a female parliamentarian who sees no other choice but to turn her fourth daughter Mehran into a boy; Zahra, the tomboy teenager who struggles with puberty and refuses her parents' attempts to turn her back into a girl; Shukria, now a married mother of three after living for twenty years as a man; and Nader, who prays with Shahed, the undercover female police officer, as they both remain in male disguise as adults. 

At the heart of this emotional narrative is a new perspective on the extreme sacrifices of Afghan women and girls against the violent backdrop of America's longest war. Divided into four parts, the book follows those born as the unwanted sex in Afghanistan, but who live as the socially favored gender through childhood and puberty, only to later be forced into marriage and childbirth. The Underground Girls of Kabul charts their dramatic life cycles, while examining our own history and the parallels to subversive actions of people who live under oppression everywhere.

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

From the award-winning, bestselling author of "The Sound of Things Falling", a brilliant collection of stories that showcases why he is one of the best writers—in any language—working today.
 
"Lovers on All Saints' Day "is an emotional book that haunts, moves, and seduces. Juan Gabriel Vásquez, the brilliant novelist, now brings his keen eye and rich prose to the themes of love and memory in these seven powerful stories.

Vásquez achieves an extraordinary unity of emotion with these fragmented lives. A Colombian writer is witness to a murder that will mark him forever. A woman sits alone in her house, waiting for her husband to return from an expedition to find wood for their stove, while he lies in another woman’s bed a few miles away, unable to heal the wound in his own marriage. In these stories, there are love affairs, revenge, troubled pasts, and tender moments that reveal a person’s whole history in a few sentences.

Set in Europe (the scene of Vásquez’s own self-imposed exile from Latin America) and never before available in English, this collection evokes a singular mood and a tone, and showcase Vásquez’s hypnotic writing. Vásquez is a humane, deeply insightful writer, and these stories leave one feeling transformed from the experience of reading them, with a greater vision of humanity and society, a greater understanding of relationships and of love.

The All Saints' Day Lovers

Der lebensfrohe und naturverbundene Pallieter, über dessen Alter und bisheriges Leben der Leser nichts Genaueres erfährt, lebt auf einem kleinen Hof im Tal des Flüsschens Nethe zusammen mit seiner frommen Schwester Charlot, die ihm den Haushalt führt, sowie dem Pferd Beiaard, dem Hund Lubas und einigen anderen Tieren. Zu Pfingsten lernt Pallieter bei einem fröhlichen Kirmesfest Marieke kennen und verliebt sich auf den ersten Blick in sie. Er zeigt ihr die Schönheit der Natur und der Landschaft, mit der er sich in vollem Einklang fühlt. Da Marieke Pallieters Liebe erwidert, steht ihrer baldigen Hochzeit nichts im Wege. Nachdem zunächst noch einige andere Festebegangen und Pallieters Abschied vom Junggesellendasein gebührend begossen wurde, findet im Herbst das rauschende Hochzeitsfest statt. Während der ausgelassenen Feier schleicht sich das Brautpaar davon und tritt auf einem bereit liegenden, mit Speis und Trank beladenen Schiff seine Hochzeitsreise auf der Nethe an. Das grenzenlose Glück wird getrübt...

Pallieter

Sobriety and moderation are alien concepts to the men in Dimmy's family. Useless in all other respects, his three uncles have a rare talent for drinking, a flair for violence, and an unwavering commitment to the pub. And his father Pierre is no slouch either. Within hours of his son's birth, Pierre plucks him from the maternity ward, props him on his bike, and takes him on an introductory tour of the village bars. His mother soon leaves them to it and as Dimmy grows up amid the stench of stale beer, he seems destined to follow the path of his forebears and make a low-life career in inebriation, until he begins to piece together his own plan for the future... In this semi-autobiographical novel, Dimitri Verhulst brings his shambolic upbringing to life, with characteristic warmth, colour, and wit.

The Misfortunates

An exquisitely drawn, sinuous exploration of the city after-hours

As night falls in the city of Belgium, three strangers in their late twenties—a most dangerous age—arrive at a popular restaurant. Jona is about to move away; he calls his wife, who’s already settled in Berlin, before trying to make plans with friends for one last night on the town. No one bites—they’re all busy, or maybe they just don’t want to party—but he’s determined to make this night something to remember. Victoria is lively and energetic, but surrounded by friends and family who are buzzkills, always worrying about what is best for her. Rodolphe is consoled by a friend and snaps out of his funk, becoming the life of the party. The three careen through the city’s nightlife spots and underbelly, chasing pleasure—or at least a few distractions from the thrum of the humdrum. Each has a series of adventures that reveal them to be teetering on the edge between lucid dream and tooth-grinding nightmare.

Vibrantly rendered in Brecht Evens’s swirling watercolors, "The City of Belgium" continues the critically acclaimed streak of graphic novels he began with "The Wrong Place", "The Making Of", and "Panther". Evens’s darkly comic stories of characters on the verge of personal discovery—people about to become who they will be for the rest of their lives—have never been more beautifully conceived, more intricately planned, than in his magical new graphic novel, "The City of Belgium".

The City of Belgium

One quiet snow-covered Sunday morning in Bruges, a prominent business executive is found dead in the streets, apparently due to an alcoholic hemorage, but for Inspector Van In, there is a something about the autopsy that does not add up. When he questions the businessman's friend, a Dutchman, he too is found dead the next morning, burned to death in a house fire.

When there is an explosion in the middle of a popular tourist area in downtown Bruges, Van In strives to find the connection between the three incidents, but no one is coming forward to claim responsibility for this terrorist attack. Just an anonymous letter to the police, threatening more bombings--unless they cooperate with a series of demands that would undermine the entire city government.

Aided by the spunky and beautiful assistant DA Hannelore Maartens, Inspector Van In finds himself enmeshed in the case that threatens not just the lives of countless of innocent people, but the heart of the city he loves.

The Midas Murders

The Crab with the Golden Claws (Tintin, #9)

Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the most entertaining reading experiences in any language and arguably the finest novel of the twentieth century. But since its original prewar translation there has been no completely new version in English. Now, Penguin brings Proust's masterpiece to new audiences throughout the world, beginning with Lydia Davis's internationally acclaimed translation of the first volume, "Swann's Way".

"Swann's Way" is one of the preeminent novels of childhood: a sensitive boy's impressions of his family and neighbors, all brought dazzlingly back to life years later by the taste of a madeleine. It also enfolds the short novel "Swann in Love," an incomparable study of sexual jealousy that becomes a crucial part of the vast, unfolding structure of "In Search of Lost Time". The first volume of the work that established Proust as one of the finest voices of the modern age — satirical, skeptical, confiding, and endlessly varied in its response to the human condition — "Swann's Way" also stands on its own as a perfect rendering of a life in art, of the past re-created through memory.

Swann's Way

De ontslagen locatiescout Maarten Seebregs kan de onlangs gestorven liefde van zijn leven niet vergeten. Cynisch maar met een glimlach leeft hij van zijn laatste centen. Dan doet een wildvreemde hem een winstgevend voorstel: trouwen met zijn Afrikaanse liefje. De man zelf wordt immers in de gaten gehouden door de Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken. Zodra het meisje de Belgische nationaliteit heeft verworven, kan Maarten van haar scheiden, met behoud van haar bruidsschat. De man stelt maar één voorwaarde: 'Je trouwt met haar, je woont met haar, je leeft met haar. Maar raak haar aan en ik sla je morsdood.' 
Het derde huwelijk won humo's Pop-Poll en werd, kort nadat Lanoye de Gouden Ganzenveer verwierf, ook geshortlist voor De Gouden Uil én de Libris Literatuurprijs.

Het derde huwelijk

The doctor's verdict is final: David has cancer. There is still a possibility of remission, but it is very small. And if the tumour kills him, David won't have a chance to see his baby granddaughter Louise grow up. We see his wife become progressively consumed by the looming shadow of death, in Vanistendael's sensitive portrayal of a family battling cancer.

When David Lost His Voice

In 'De geruchten' keert René Catrijsse, deserteur in een koloniale oorlog, begin jaren zestig terug naar zijn Vlaams geboortedorp. Zijn komst verwekt een reeks mysterieuze incidenten. 'De geruchten' werd bekroond met de Europese Aristeionprijs en de Libris Literatuurprijs 1997.

De geruchten

The gilt-lettered advertisement outside Madame Brulot's pension in the shabby rue d'Armaille promises a "first-class family boardinghouse." But only one thing is certain about this so-called reputable Parisian pension—few guests emerge from their stay unscathed. First published in 1913, this comic novella helped establish Willem Elsschot—the pseudonym of Alfons de Ridder—as one of the great Dutch writers of the 20th century.

Villa des Roses

De Metsiers is het verhaal van een Vlaamse boerenfamilie tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Middelpunt van de familie is de weduwe Metsiers, die consequent 'de Moeder' genoemd wordt. Jaren terug heeft zij samen met haar minnaar Mon Verkindere, met wie zij nu op de hoeve woont, haar echtgenoot vermoord. Ze heeft twee kinderen: Ana (van Metsiers) en Bennie (van Verkindere), een achterlijke jongen en de lieveling van iedereen.
Door de beklemming van het milieu waarin zij verkeren worden Bennie en zijn halfzuster steeds meer naar elkaar toe gedreven, tot er tussen hen een aan het incestueuze grenzende liefde ontstaat, waarvoor Bennie uiteindelijk de tol moet betalen

De Metsiers

Eind 1917. De zeventienjarige Victor loopt weg van huis om zijn herdershond te zoeken. In een opwelling neemt hij een mes en een som geld mee, samen met een stapel brieven van zijn broer Nest die aan het front zit. Hij komt in een voor hem vijandige wereld terecht. Die bezorgt hem regelmatig zware epilepsieaanvallen. Op zijn tocht door de Rupelstreek ontmoet hij bijzondere figuren: het schoonste meisje van de wereld, brutale straatmadelieven, de vrouw met de baard en de hondenslachter van Boom. Heeft die zijn hond al geslacht?

Belgium

The Lady and the Unicorn

Tracy Chevalier

The Sorrow of Belgium

Hugo Claus

Niccolò Rising (The House of Niccolò, #1)

Dorothy Dunnett

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa (Picador Classic)

Adam Hochschild

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Amy Crenn

The Folding Star

Alan Hollinghurst

The Secret in the Old Lace (Nancy Drew, #59)

Carolyn Keene

De Kapellekensbaan

Louis Paul Boon

Bruges-La-Morte

Georges Rodenbach

In the Company of Angels

Thomas E. Kennedy

Melting the Ice (Play by Play, #7)

Jaci Burton

While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal

Elizabeth Enslin

Problemski Hotel

Dimitri Verhulst

A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians

Harry Pearson

The Square of Revenge (Inspector Van In #1)

Pieter Aspe

Sprakeloos

Tom Lanoye

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