literary fiction
In Search of a Name
When Marjolijn was eighteen years old, she promised her grandmother that
if she will ever have a son, she will name him after a relative, a
family hero, who was a resistance fighter. Her grandmother also gave her
his ring.
This book starts later, at the beginning of Marjolijn’s pregnancy, and it consists of unique chapters that are actually a countdown to the baby’s birth. At the beginning of this pregnancy, she learns that the child she is carrying is a boy. She investigates this story about a family hero that she will tell her son.
This short novel is an auto-fiction. It is based on the true story of the writer. We don’t learn exactly how much of the story is true and which parts are fiction. I liked the style and moral dilemma the novel presents. In Search of a Name reads like a mystery. Marjolijn is uncovering small pieces of the story and assembles them into a major one - the truth behind the famous bombing after WWII. Was her relative a true hero or a villain?
This book starts later, at the beginning of Marjolijn’s pregnancy, and it consists of unique chapters that are actually a countdown to the baby’s birth. At the beginning of this pregnancy, she learns that the child she is carrying is a boy. She investigates this story about a family hero that she will tell her son.
This short novel is an auto-fiction. It is based on the true story of the writer. We don’t learn exactly how much of the story is true and which parts are fiction. I liked the style and moral dilemma the novel presents. In Search of a Name reads like a mystery. Marjolijn is uncovering small pieces of the story and assembles them into a major one - the truth behind the famous bombing after WWII. Was her relative a true hero or a villain?
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Details:
- author: Marjolijn van Heemstra
- full title: In Search of a Name
- genre: literary fiction
- format/type: bookfiction
- country: Netherlands
- topics:
- publisher: Atria Books
- publish date: 24.11.2020
- pages: 208
Literary Prizes:
- Libris Literatuurprijs Nominee (2018)
My Rating of the Book:
- content: 💙💙💙💙
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