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I KNOW A MOUNTAIN THAT'S WAITING FOR ME
Sholeh Rezazadeh's novel I KNOW A MOUNTAIN THAT’S WAITING FOR ME was honored
by the jury of the European Union Prize for Literature with a special mention.
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Sholeh who lives in the Netherlands since 2015 only, yet writes in Dutch was nominated for this prize because of her
impressive poetic style in a language that she only learned as an adult.
Sholeh’s debut novel The Sky Is Always Purple sold 40.000 copies and was awarded the Debut Award of the Society of Dutch Literature 2022 and the Bronzen Uil Readers Award 2021. It was also on the longlist of the Libris Literature Prize 2022 and the Hebban Debut Prize 2022.
11.000 copies sold - Rights sold to Bulgaria
Aras, the Iranian river that rises high in the mountains, tells the story of a nomadic people camped on its banks.
Full of love, but not without jealousy, he observes how the girl Saray becomes a young woman and how a childhood love turns into an adult relationship with Aydin.
Among the people on the river is the old carpet weaver who weaves stories. And Doeman, who is different from the others, with eyes that seem to be extinguished and yet see what others do not perceive. And Ashik, who sings about everything that belongs to the life of these people: the animals, the mountains and last but not least Aras, the river. Only now and then does a trader come by and exchange cheap sweets, combs, hand creams and other trinkets for the wonderful carpets. And once he brings a woman who has travelled from a faraway country. She too lives by a river there.
‘Her use of language is improbably beautiful.’ — De Volkskrant
‘A new, original voice in Dutch literature.’ — AD
Afbeelding met persoon, kleding, Menselijk gezicht, blauw
Automatisch gegenereerde beschrijvingSholeh Rezazadeh (1989) came to the Netherlands from Iran in 2015. Three years after her arrival, she signed a contract for her debut novel De hemel is altijd paars (The Sky Is Always Purple, 2021) which was awarded the Debut Award of the Society of Dutch Literature 2022 and the Bronzen Uil Readers Award 2021. It was also on the longlist of the Libris Literature Prize 2022 and the Hebban Debut Prize 2022.
The jury report:
“We were blown away by the originality of this novel, mixing fiction and literary tales genres, an intricate story of a nomadic community in Iran whose existence is overseen by a river, whose moving waters are like an eternal dream , giving the rhythm of the narration and the story of a modern woman who decides to travel in Iran, leaving her hectic existence in Europe. The novel explores several universal subjects, showing in a very beautifully poetic style with words full of imagery that we should not distance ourselves from nature, and especially from each other. This novel is a perfect candidate for multiple translations across Europe.” - the jury report for EULP 2024
Key words: Blown away and multiple translations across Europe… We sold the rights to Bulgaria already.
For this title publishers can get funding from the Dutch Foundation of Literature (up to 70% of translation costs) and from the EU.
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