In his international bestseller and first novel in English translation, The Dinner (2012), Herman Koch meticulously exposed the hypocrisies at the heart of middle-class society; in
The main reason I went to Finland was to do something with my hands. In 1973, doing something with your hands meant something different from what it does today, in 2020. I had put
‘What is it about Dutch literature?’ is the question presenter Rosie Goldsmith posed to a packed crowd at the London Tabernacle on Tuesday night. ‘Are the Dutch just very
This is a novel one reads with an eyebrow raised and a wry smile, so intriguing is the main narrative voice. Yet the reader will also be left scratching their head at a plot steepe
17 January 2017, The Tabernacle, London Join best-selling authors HERMAN KOCH and DAVID NICHOLLS along with a host of all-star writers from the Netherlands and a cabaret-style e
Herman Koch was born in 1953. He is the author of a number of novels – including The Dinner, Summer House with Swimming Pool and Dear Mr M – and short stories, has
Dear Riveting Reviewers (and potential reviewers), To celebrate High Impact – Literature from the Low Countries, the focus of the European Literature Network’s Ja
29 August, 10:15am, The Spiegeltent If you wanted to break free of your criminal past, would you get closer to a bag of stolen money by kidnapping your family? This is the intrigui
HIGH IMPACT was a 6 day Road Show & Literature Festival of 6 top writers in 6 English cities from January 14th-19th 2013. High Impact was a joint commission by Flanders House a
