Willow Island
Publisher: Atlas Contact
A moving and exciting novel from a proven master storyteller
A boy who just moved wants to become the best poet in the country.
A canoer who plays Jesus falls in love with his neighbour.
A strange carpenter is making more and more grim paintings.
An adopted girl who wants to know who her father is.
Thirteen-year-old Natan wants to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of a hermit who lived on a houseboat in the Dutch peat lakes. The villagers are not at all keen on this, Old Zweiland keeps its ranks closed and the tower clock stubbornly indicates a quarter to five.
Willow Island is an exciting whodunwhat, a novel about four uprooted people trying to get a grip on themselves and the world through their artistry.
Praise:
‘A memorable and disturbing psychological thriller, set against the backdrop of the unique and often dangerous landscape of Iceland…A remarkable achievement.’ – Canberra Times on The Hitchhiker
‘A father on the edge…Flashes of Breaking Bad.’ – Het Parool on The Hitchhiker
‘An equally touching as painful novel’ – Nederlands Dagblad on The Dream Factory
