Join TJI Editor-in-Chief Deborah Stone online to explore the Jewish (and some of the broader) themes behind Yael van der Wouden's debut novel, The Safekeep. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this genre-defying novel is set fifteen years after World War II and offers a surprisingly fresh take via the prism of a quiet rural Dutch province.
To get the most out of the session we recommend you read the book beforehand, so you can also contribute your ideas about this enigmatic novel to the discussion.
Yael van der Wouden will not be joining this session in person but will be in Australia in May, appearing at both the Melbourne Writers Festival and the Sydney Writers Festival.
"A strange, dreamlike and troubling book, as haunting as the history it examines. Yael van der Wouden is an extraordinarily powerful writer: it's hard to believe this can be her first book."
Cressida Connolly, author of Bad Relations and After the Party.
Yael van der Wouden
Speakers
Deborah Stone
Deborah Stone is Editor-in-Chief of TJI. She has spent her working life as a journalist, including as a reporter and feature writer at The Age and The Australian. She is ...