by Renate Dorrestein · Contact · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789025430641
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«Is er hoop» is the novel by Renate Dorrestein, published by Contact in paperback (286 pages, in Dutch).
«Is er hoop» tells the orderly life of Igor, who works assembling mobile homes in a social workshop and lives with his grandmother Nettie. When he meets Lisa, a young homeless woman, he finds with her an abandoned baby; Nettie takes them in and forms an unusual home with them. A novel about good intentions, imperfect people, and ambiguous forms of love.
The paperback edition was published in April 2009; the work received the Inclusieve Griffel award in 2010.
It will appeal to those seeking a contemporary Dutch novel and to readers who want to practice the language.
Renate Maria Dorrestein was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines Libelle and Panorama. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in Het Parool, Viva, Onkruid and Opzij. Dorrestein published her first novel (Buitenstaanders) in 1983. Her sister's suicide had a great influence on her books. Dorrestein won the Annie Romein prize in 1993 for her complete body of work. A lot of Dorrestein's books were translated, and they were sold in 14 countries.
