Gliding Flight - Goemans, Anne-Gine

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Résumé :
A whimsical, fresh and adventurous coming-of-age story?-set against a backdrop of Dutch ingenuity.

Biographie:

ANNE-GINE GOEMANS worked for Volkskrant Magazine as a journalist. Gliding Flight was awarded the Dioraphte Literary Prize and the German M Pionier Award for new literary talent (previously awarded to Herman Koch). Gliding Flight was longlisted for the prestigious Libris Literature Prize.

NANCY FOREST-FLIER is a New Jersey?born translator who moved to Europe in 1982 and has worked in the Netherlands since 1988. She lives in Alkmaar. Her literary translations include The King by Kader Abdolah, Dissident for Life by Koenraad de Wolf, Gliding Flight by Anne-Gine Goemans, We and Me by Saskia de Coster, Mr. Miller by Charles den Tex, Departure Time by Truus Matti, Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and The Story of Shit by Midas Dekkers. Nancy also translates children?s literature and has translated for numerous Dutch museums and institutes, including The Anne Frank House and the Kr?ller-M?ller Museum (home to the world?s second largest Van Gogh collection).