Your Presence is a Danger to You Anne van Herreweghen ‘Het gezochte woord lijkt altijd

‘Het gezochte woord lijkt altijd groter dan het woord / dat je ten slotte vindt: er paste

Het behoort tot de belangrijkste werken uit de Congolese literatuur

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The term essay itself was coined by Michel de Montaigne in the 1500s — it comes from the French word essai

Your Presence is a Danger to You Anne van Herreweghen ‘Het gezochte woord lijkt altijdSamar Yazbek In the year following 7 October 2023, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each of them about their experiences of that day and the months of destruction and displacement that followed. From these encounters comes Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life, a selection of twenty six testimonies from ordinary civilians aged thirteen to sixty five, whose lives have been irrevocably altered by what may one day be