by Stefan Hertmans · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072873652
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«Le cœur converti» is a historical novel by Stefan Hertmans, published by Folio in paperback format (416 pages, in French).
Vigdis, an 11th-century Christian noblewoman, converts to Judaism out of love for David and flees with him to a village in southern France, while crusaders en route to Jerusalem sow destruction. Inspired by real events, the novel combines fiction and Stefan Hertmans's research into the protagonist's trail.
Original Dutch title: De bekeerlinge (2016). French translation by Isabelle Rosselin. Nominated for the Libris Literatuurprijs 2017.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in the Middle Ages, exile, and the encounter between cultures.
Stefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He was head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2002 for the novel Als op de eerste dag.
