An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes – and the legacy of one of the 20th century’s greatest tragedies
Yael van der Wouden
Yael van der Wouden is a writer and teacher
She currently lectures in creative writing and comparative literature in the Netherlands. Her essay on Dutch identity and Jewishness, ‘On (Not) Reading Anne Frank’, received a notable mention in The Best American Essays 2018. Her writing has appeared in LitHub, Electric Literature, The Offing and Elle.com, amongst others. The Safekeep is her debut novel.
A remarkable debut about obsession and loss, set in an isolated Netherlands house. The author draws us into a world as carefully calibrated as a Dutch still-life
— The 2024 judges on The Safekeep
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