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  • Location: Republic of the Congo, Kisangani / Storyville

First Blood

1964: A moving fictionalized account of Nothomb’s own father,

  • Location: England, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Attic Child

1907 and decades later : Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret.

  • Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Gaslight

2023:  ‘We know you know. Talk and you’re next.’

  • Location: Ireland, Venice, Waterloo, Zanzibar

The Romantic

Various : Soldier. Farmer. Felon. Writer. Father. Lover. One man, many lives.

  • Location: Zanzibar

What Happens on Vacation

2023: Could the holiday from hell turn into the vacation of her dreams?

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The Convenience Store by the Sea

2000s: Welcome to Tenderness, Japan!

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