by Hagar Peeters · De Bezige Bij · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789023492665
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«Malva» is the novel by Hagar Peeters, published by De Bezige Bij in paperback (238 pages, in Dutch).
The novel imagines the voice of Malva, daughter of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, born with hydrocephalus and set aside by her father. After dying at age eight, the girl dialogues with Socrates, Goethe and Wisława Szymborska to understand how the man who always defended the marginalized could abandon her.
First novel by Hagar Peeters, winner of the Fintro Literatuurprijs 2016 and nominated for the De Bronzen Uil 2016 award.
Contemporary Dutch fiction for readers interested in fictionalized recreations of historical figures.
