De Overgave wins public’s book prize
This year’s NS Publieksprijs book prize has been given to Arthur Japin’s novel De Overgave (the surrender), about an American pioneer.
Nearly 48,000 people took part in the poll. De Overgave took 25% of the vote, Simone van der Vlugt’s Blauw Water (blue water) was second (17%) and Kader Abdolah’s new translation of the Koran was third with 13%.
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