Off-White Wrong Winds

Off-White Wrong WindsAstrid Roemer A sweeping family saga from one of the most revered writers in Dutch letters, Off White marks the English language debut of Astrid Roemer, recipient of the P. C. Hooft Prize and the 2021 Prize for Dutch Literature. In Off White, Roemer chronicles the inner lives of the women of the Vanta family as they tend to Grandma Bees declining health. As the story moves from Bee's religious rituals and the fragrant dishes her granddaughter Imker

Abed’s work prompts contemplation on the manifestations of social action and resistance in everyday life

Bernke Klein Zandvoort

and suffers the stroke that kills him

One of my favourite pages is titled ‘Dream Vision of Cole and Paul meeting as musical score’

we signify an incommensurability

foreword by Isabel Waidner

The text is a rich current crossing

bij het verschijnen van Slordig met geluk

also deal with being a woman in France

sprookjes en dat vreemde vermoeden: dat het misschien wel goed komt

or so the author appears to believe

and the way that we’re constantly at the mercy of words and phrases as they’re deployed by the authorities