Booklaunch "Het diner" by Herman Koch

News article | March 28, 2011

In April the highly entertaining psychological thriller "Het diner" (Middagen) by Herman Koch will be published in Norway.

Norwegian authors
Norwegian writers have been popular in the Netherlands for quite a while now. Names like Per Pettersen, Gaute Heivoll and Jo Nesbø are well known already. But this goes also the other way around. Dutch literature is getting more and more popular in Norway as well.

Dutch literature
Precedent to “Het diner” titles such as "De helaasheid der dingen" (Alle tings bedrøvelighet) by the Belgian Dimitri Verhulst and "Bruidsvlucht" (Brudereisen) by the Dutch Mrieke van der Pol were published in Norway.

Middagen
“Het diner” is translated to “Middagen” and published by Pax Forlag.