About the book: 2009 / "A story - say, forty pages - means for me hundreds of four sheets of scribbling, abbreviations, crumpled paper. Actually, this is what all literature, all art is about: conquering chaos. Take over the chaos and subjugate it to yourself. The Lord created everything out of nothing, being and at the same time not being a negation of himself. A person can neither change this nor participate in it. But he can, like an angel of the Lord, discover order where confusion previously reigned, and thereby reveal the Lord to himself and others.” Gerard Reve (1923–2006) “Werther Nieland is the undisputed masterpiece of Dutch literature.” Richard Huizing