{"product_id":"something-has-to-happen-verzet-8","title":"Something Has To Happen (VERZET 8)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook 8 of Strangers Press' chapbook series, VERZET.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout these stories, Maartje Wortel plays an ingenious game with her readers. Small events have major consequences, while the major events fade into the background. Her stories are alienating and completely logical at the same time, chaotic and orderly, funny and loud – all written in her characteristic idiosyncratic prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVERZET (tr.: Resistance) is the latest of our ground-breaking and highly collectible sets of translated short stories from around the world. This time we teamed up with the amazing Manchester-based agency Office of Craig to bring you a new hit of beautifully designed chapbooks to get stuck into. The VERZET series showcases the work of eight exciting, new -- to the English language -- writers from the Netherlands and they are available NOW! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new list encompasses an impressive array of award winners and nominees including Jamal Ouarichi, Karin Amatmoekrim, and Sanneke van Hassel, as well as newer voices all long overdue or dearly deserving of English language translations. It's a bit like taking a short visit home, for us: our name, Strangers Press, comes from The Strangers of the 16th century -- a group of migrants from the then Spanish Netherlands who enriched the culture and technology of the East Anglian region and whose architectural style even informs our own logo. We like to think this set is a kind of symbolic re-tracing of that journey and one that is fittingly timed.  Order yours now, Strangers, and here's to a more diverse Europe and finding our way to being a kinder, more welcoming place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVERZET was made possible by generous funding from the Dutch Foundation for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48140320735456,"sku":"9781911343349","price":2660.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/9781911343349.jpg?v=1763450942","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/products\/something-has-to-happen-verzet-8","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}