Heemstede – Rob van Essen has together with his novel ‘I’ll come again to this’ gained the Libris Literature Prize 2024 and the related prize cash of fifty,000 euros.
The jury, led by Kim Putters, chairman of the Social and Financial Council (SER), selected the winner of the Libris Literature Prize 2024 from six nominees for the very best authentic Dutch-language novel of the previous yr. On Monday night, Could 13, Van Essen obtained a test for €50,000 and a bronze medal, made by Irma Boon, for his award-winning novel ‘I am going to come again to this’.
On Saturday, Could 18, the winner of the Libris Literature Prize 2024, Rob van Essen, will go to Boekhandel Blokker, Binnenweg 138 in Heemstede, within the afternoon at 3 p.m. He shall be briefly interviewed after which he’ll signal his award-winning guide. Entrance free.
In regards to the guide
Journalist Rob Hollander is invited by a former fellow pupil to go to Los Angeles. There, this Icks affords him the chance to right previous errors by touring again in time. The journey during which Hollander subsequently finally ends up performs a significant position in a significant occasion from his youth, and a reunion with various fellow college students ensures that every thing is seen in a brand new gentle. Is life a one-way journey, or are you able to return a bit from time to time to repair one thing?
‘I am going to come again to this’ is a compelling and shocking novel. As in his earlier, a number of award-winning books, Van Essen succeeds in mixing on a regular basis actuality with the surprising and the inconceivable, in a novel about look and actuality, the unavoidable burden of the previous, and the must be a part of a much bigger image.
From the jury report: “I’ll come again to this is the very best novel Rob van Essen has written so far. It’s a guide that you’d need everybody to learn.”
Picture: Rob van Essen and the duvet of his award-winning guide ‘I am going to come again to this’. Picture equipped by Boekhandel Blokker.
