Born 1962 · Netherlands
Libris 2011 · Shortlist
De omweg
Gerbrand Bakker · 48 when first published
Novel · 230 pages
AI-generated summary:A Dutch lecturer who has abandoned her academic job, her marriage and a thesis on Emily Dickinson withdraws to a remote house in a cold, autumnal corner of Wales.
Libris 2007 · Shortlist
Boven is het stil
Gerbrand Bakker · 44 when first published
Novel · 264 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:On a dairy farm between Purmerend and Monnickendam, the quiet, fiftyish Helmer cares for his dying father, whom he hates, years after his twin brother Henk drowned when a car went into the water.