Oroppa

Salomé Abergel, a renowned painter, is gone, leaving no clue behind in her Amsterdam home. Down in its basement a girl, Hind, finds the canvases she left, which speak to her and rob her of sleep, while in Paris Salomé's son Irad keeps a bar that is the last haven for the city's night people. Following a crowd of misfits whose lives stretch from Amsterdam and Paris to Tunis and Casablanca, all pursued by their pasts, the novel looks at what people turn out to be capable of under the pressure of power, and at those who walk away from that system altogether.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

396 pages in the original

Genres

Migration, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Netherlands, France, Tunisia, Morocco

First published

2024 by Pluim

Author's age

30 when first published

ISBN

9789493339125 (original)

9781405983860 (Penguin, United Kingdom)