II’m not there will be the sequel to the celebrated debut It melts by Lize Spit from 2016. “I’ve been working on it every day for the past four years,” Spit tells VRT NWS.
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On December 10th is the day, then the fans of Lize Spit can her second novel I’m not here to buy. The story of Leo from Brussels and her friend Simon is told in 568 pages. Simon comes home in the middle of the night and changes completely. Leo’s meticulously constructed existence slowly disintegrates.
Spit himself is relieved that the book is finally ready. ‘This story is of personal importance to me, but I also wanted to turn it into literary, exciting fiction’, she tells VRT NWS. ‘That’s why it took so much time to get it right and to complete it. I am very relieved that it is finally ready and that I can now let go of the book. ‘
Spit won with her It melts de Bronzen Uil for best debut. It became the best-selling book in Flanders. More than 200,000 copies have been sold, the novel has been translated into 12 languages and a film adaptation is in progress.
