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Maarten ’t Hart

Translated by Michiel Horn

‘Only as I watched the little tugboat disappear towards IJmuiden, just west of Amsterdam, did I begin to have doubts about what had been proposed to me.’

Maarten ’t Hart

Maarten ’t Hart has published more than forty books since his debut in 1971. His novels include A Flight of Curlews, The Fury of the Whole World and The Sundial. A biologist as well as a specialist on classical music, in 2019 he published a book about his personal fascination for Johannes Sebastian Bach.

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Translated by Michiel Horn

Michiel Horn is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and University Historian. A specialist in twentieth century Canada and the history of academic freedom, his books include York University: The Way Must Be Tried (2009), Academic Freedom in Canada: A History (1999), The League for Social Reconstruction (1980), and The Dirty Thirties (1972). He is also a literary translator from Dutch to English.

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