Lit in Translation

Will

Wil

Jeroen Olyslaegers (born 1967)

Translated by David Colmer

English editions

In English

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Wartime Antwerp is full of violence and mistrust. Wilfried Wils dreams of becoming a poet, yet to get by he joins the police as an auxiliary. Yvette, a beautiful girl, loves him; her reckless brother Lode hides Jews; and Wilfried's literary mentor longs for their annihilation. Trying to keep a foot in both camps, he sinks deeper into the round-ups. Many decades on, ancient and still arguing with himself, he sets down for a great-grandson what he did and why.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
333 pages in the original
Genres
War, Historical (assigned by AI)
Set in
Belgium, 1940s
First published
2016 by De Bezige Bij
Author's age
49 when first published
ISBN

9789023498438 (original)

9781782274247 (Pushkin Press, United Kingdom)

9781782274254 (Pushkin Press, United Kingdom)

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