Born 1972 · Netherlands
Libris 2024 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Area 19”
Esther Gerritsen · 51 when first published
Novel · 314 pages · Speculative
AI-generated summary:The day after his wedding Tomas wakes alone. Half of humanity, his own family included, has moved to another planet, and he seems to be the only one who finds it strange.
Libris 2019 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Comforter”
Esther Gerritsen · 46 when first published
Novel · 211 pages
AI-generated summary:Against the rules of his monastery, Jacob, its misshapen caretaker, takes charge of a jovial new guest who has come for reflection, or perhaps to atone for a crime.
Libris 2015 · Shortlist
Roxy
Esther Gerritsen · 42 when first published
Novel · 192 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Two police officers come to tell Roxy, twenty-seven, that her husband has died in a car crash with his young intern, both of them naked. She wants no comfort, only an enemy.
Libris 2013 · Shortlist
Dorst
Esther Gerritsen · 40 when first published
Novel · 192 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Elisabeth, who never was much of a mother, tells her daughter Coco almost in passing that she has cancer and may die. Coco, whose studies and love life have stalled, decides she must stand by her.
Libris 2011 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Super Pigeon”
Esther Gerritsen · 38 when first published
Novel · 189 pages · Coming of age
AI-generated summary:Bonnie, an only child of older parents, wakes each morning shrieking with dread. Then, aged eleven, she drifts over a low gate while walking to class, a first hint that she is turning into a superhero.