Lit in Translation

Alfred Birney

Born 1951 · Netherlands

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Libris 2017 · Winner

    The Interpreter from Java

    De tolk van Java

    Alfred Birney · 65 when first published

    Novel · 542 pages · War, Family, Historical

    AI-generated summary:A son tries to understand his cruel father, a former interpreter in the colonial army, whose memories of the bloody years after 1945 in the Dutch East Indies still haunt the family.