Beautifully translated from the Dutch by David Colmer, the IMPAC Award-winning translator of Gerbrand Bakker’s The Twin, Hugo Claus’s poems are remarkable for their dexterity, intensity of feeling, and acute intelligence. From the richly associative and referential “Oostakker Poems” to the emotional and erotic outpouring of the “mad dog stanzas” in “Morning, You,” from his interpretations of Shakespeare’s sonnets to a modern adaptation of a Sanskrit masterpiece, this volume reveal...

The master of pulsing, post-modern poetic rhythms, Menno Wigman's reputation is assured as one of the Netherlands' leading poets. And as perhaps his country's most exciting poet in terms of form: "a craftsman who knows what he wants" in the words of poet Alfred Schaffer. Wigman's second collection won him the Netherlands' coveted Jan Campert prize.Menno Wigman's first full collection to be published in the UK in David Colmer's outstanding translation introduces English-language rea...

*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024* *Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize*A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that changed the course of the 20th century.'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Noah Harari'Utterly compelling . . . astonishing' Financial Times'Superb'

**Brought to you by Penguin.**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024******A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.***SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2024*On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and on behalf of 68 million compatriots announced the birth ...

Mr. Coats is freezing cold.No matter how many heaters he turns on, how many blankets he sleeps under at night, or how many layers he wears, he can simply never get warm.Being this cold all the time is lonely. And loneliness is a chilly feeling.Mr. Coats thinks he’ll be alone in the cold forever. But what if he’s wrong? What if there’s someone out there who is just like him?

The Hedgehog's Dilemma: The hedgehog is feeling rather lonely, so one day he decides to invite all the other animals for a party. But the hedgehog is also rather a shy, reserved animal and is terribly worried about doing or saying something he shouldn't, and about all the things that could go wrong. What if nobody comes? What if too many of them come? What if the elephant shows up and breaks all the furniture? Will anyone be able to hear the hedgehog talk above the frog's croaking? Maybe i...

One day, a heavy, dull feeling fills the cricket's head. And it won't go away. The other animals try to help. Would he like a party? Has he tried being cheerful? Nothing seems to work. As springtime comes and the forest begins to rustle with life, can the cricket find a way to heal?

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: The first in a series of witty, philosophical animal stories with whimsical illustrations — for adult fans of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and His Horse!We’ve all been there: When a lonely hedgehog hosts a party for his friends, he’s suddenly wracked by social anxiety and self-doubt...**The hedgehog is feeling rather lonely, so one day he decides to invite all the other animals for a party. But the hedgehog is also rather a shy, reserved a...

WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE'A wonderful novel. Wise and generous to a fault of all our human failings and frailties' Lloyd Jones, author of Mister PipA Dutch woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is Emilie. She has left her husband, having confessed to an affair.In Amsterdam, her stunned husband forms a strange partnership with a detective who agrees to help him trace her. They boar...

Sometimes our feelings are so big, our dreams and our worries so wide, that we can't find the words to express them.How MUCH love we feel; what a new sibling will bring; exactly what it's like to take a hard tumble, or to want the sun to shine on a rainy day.These thoughts and questions are explored by Hans and Monique Hagen in poems pitched perfectly to the children who wonder.Marit Törnqvist is their brilliant partner, spreading gorgeous color and heartfelt imager...

Brought to you by Penguin.**'How much I learned from this brave man... The ultimate Holocaust testimony.' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's JourneyWith an Afterword by JOHN BOYNE, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas**_______________Eddy de Wind, a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist, was shipped to Auschwitz with his wife Friedel, whom he had met and married at the Westerbork labour cam...

**A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2025A twisty, slow-burn mystery set in Paris and the Netherlands that has become a Dutch sensation**In 1989, twenty-year-old Marie jumps at the chance to work as au pair in Paris—even though it means dropping out of her prestigious art program in the Netherlands. The city, the language, the complicated French family she works for all quickly overshadow the turmoil and pain she'd been reckoning with in school.But years late...