Op de dag van de verhuizing besluit ze dat ze toch niet gaat. Dat ze wil blijven. Dat er niets mag veranderen. Ze sluit haar vriend op zolder op en praat tegen hem. Hij kan niet bewegen. Ze heeft hem dat onmogelijk gemaakt. Hij kan niet praten. Ook dat heeft ze hem onmogelijk gemaakt. Ze wil hem niet beter leren kennen dan ze al doet. Ze wil hem opnieuw zien. Als vreemde. En ze wil niet verder. Ze wil dat het stopt op het hoogtepunt.
Author
Esther Gerritsen (1972) is a Dutch novelist, columnist and screenwriter. Since her 2000 debut with Bevoorrecht bewustzijn (Privileged Consciousness), Gerritsen has been considered one of the best authors in the Netherlands and makes regular appearances on radio programs and at international literary festivals such as Litquake and Wordfest. Her novels Superduif (Superdove, 2010), Dorst (Craving, 2012), Roxy (2014) and De Trooster (The Comforter, 2018) were all shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize. In 2005 she was awarded the BNG prize for her second novel Normale dagen (Ordinary Days, 2005) and in 2014 she was awarded the Frans Kellendonk prize for her body of work. Gerritsen writes a popular weekly column in the VPRO TV guide and she had the honour of writing the Dutch Book Week gift in 2016 with a print run of 700,000 copies. She is currently making a name for herself as a screenwriter for film and TV. She wrote the scenario for Instinct (Halina Reijn, 2019), which was the opening film at the Dutch National Film Festival, was praised and lauded at international filmfestivals such as Locarno, Toronto and London and is the Dutch entry for the 2019 Oscars. She is a co-writer of the new TV series Red Light, which will premiere in 2020 featuring Maaike Neuville, Halina Reijn and Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones).
