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In his debut 'Romeo & Juliet lezen', theater maker and teacher Seppe Decubber shares his experience as a homework tutor for a six-year-old girl named M. She fled with her family from an area where war has been raging for twenty years. They meet each other, with difficulty, and search for a common language guided by the age-old story of Romeo and Juliet.

"This book manages to tell a social story, which is very layered and therefore so beautiful, in a very refreshing yet literary way. Kudos." - Amir Bachrouri

"This is not only an ode to the power of stories but also a love story in itself. Heartbreaking and heartwarming." - Peter Verhelst

"Everyone should read this. I now look at refugee children, our language, and what rules and certainties actually are with new eyes." - Anna Drijver

Exclusive! The eighteenth novel 'What We Can Know' by Ian McEwan is being released in Dutch first, worldwide, and marks his 50th writing anniversary. Following the immense success of 'Lessons', McEwan surprises once again with a bold novel that allows the past, present, and future to converse across all boundaries of time. It explores fame and complicated love relationships, a mental illness, a crime, love for nature, and love for poetry, and how we somehow manage to live our lives amidst all the catastrophes.

"What We Can Know unfolds into an outright masterful novel. McEwan writes at the peak of his abilities and touches both heart and mind with this all-encompassing work." - Knack Focus

Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad presents the story of a century, and not just an ancient story with 'Boiling Point'. A century that partly lies in the past (1961) and partly stretches out before us (2061), winding its way from Algeria to Amsterdam. In seven stories, Mbarki Ben Ayad sketches, in her own poetic language, the butterfly effect of human actions across time and space.

"She writes tactilely and precisely, giving her characters a unique yet recognizable voice that resonates with the time in which the stories take place." - De Morgen