Born 1940 · Netherlands
Libris 2021 · Winner
Jeroen Brouwers · 80 when first published
Novel · 256 pages
AI-generated summary:Belted into a wheelchair on the locked ward of a psychiatric home he never wanted to enter, old E. Busken has stopped speaking, but nothing escapes him and his mind keeps up a furious commentary.
Libris 2012 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Bitter Flowers”
Jeroen Brouwers · 71 when first published
Novel · 285 pages
AI-generated summary:Julius J. Hammer, 81, once a professor, judge and famous author and now weakened by a stroke, is sent by his domineering daughter on a Mediterranean cruise. There he runs into a woman who once unsettled him in his writing class.
Libris 2008 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Dateless Days”
Jeroen Brouwers · 67 when first published
Novel · 190 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A cantankerous man past sixty walks in the woods, counting trees to quiet his nerves, and goes over the few failed encounters with the son he abandoned after a divorce.