Naar de overkant van de nacht

It is carnival in Venlo, and Ralf has put on a ferryman's outfit; hanging from his neck is a tear-off calendar, one page for every beer or gin he downs, and he expects to be wrecked by morning. Through packed bars and streets the party grows wilder, with easy sex in dark doorways and drinkers who keep going until they fall. All night, though, his mind wanders home to Sara. They were at school together; nearly three decades later he bumped into her while shopping, a mother on her own, and went to live with her and help raise her four children, whose disabilities test them both.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

175 pages in the original

Set in

Netherlands

First published

2011 by Cossee

Author's age

40 when first published

ISBN

9789059363281 (original)