About Judith Visser
Judith Visser’s first two novels Tegengif(Antidote) and Tinseltown both won the “Best Rotterdam Book of the Year” award. Her thriller Stuk (Broken) was very well received and shortlisted for the prestigious “De Gouden Strop” prize. She continued this success with Oversteken (Crossing) and Trip. Her latest thriller Time Out was published in September 2011. Judith lives with her husband and two dogs near Rotterdam (Netherlands).
Judiths books are published by Meulenhoff Boekerij.
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BROKEN (STUK)
Elizabeth is sixteen years old and attends Mercatus High School in Rotterdam. She is horribly bullied by a couple of classmates, but they manage to do so without anybody else noticing. Elizabeth’s parents have divorced a few years before and with her mother burying herself in her work to try and forget the pain, Elizabeth feels increasingly isolated. The only positive thing in her life is her classmate Alec. He is a calm, handsome boy, and older and wiser than the other boys in her class. Alec is dating Riley, an exceptionally beautiful, blond and sweet girl and Elizabeth likes to imagine how her life would be if she could be more like Riley…
Broken explores the dramatically changing thoughts and feelings of a traumatized teenager who is not only trying to deal with the daily, horrible humiliations she suffers, but also with her feelings of loneliness, insecurity, and anger. What happens when Elizabeth chooses to unleash her unbridled imagination and exacts her revenge to bring her powerlessness to an end?
Broken was on the shortlist for De Gouden Strop, the foremost Dutch award for the best thriller of the year, and is being made into a play.
Please download the English sample translation here
302 pages | ISBN 978-90-225-5087-8 | 2008
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CROSSING (OVERSTEKEN)
What if you wake up next to your loved one, you turn towards him – and he is dead? This is what happens to Tender, the protagonist in Crossing. In one single moment Tender’s fiancé is torn from her life. Only in her dreams can she be in touch with him, see him, hear him and feel him. Tender wanders further and further from reality, until her life takes a drastic turn…
Crossing is an intense and vividly written novel filled with psychological tension.
Crossing was awarded the Best Female Thriller prize by the popular website Vrouwenthrillers.nl
298 pages | ISBN 978-90-225-5224-7 | 2009
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TIME OUT (TIME OUT)
Kim is going through a difficult phase in life. After confessing a shocking secret to her husband Manuel, he decides to call for a ‘time out’ in their relationship and leaves to stay with his family in Germany for an undetermined period. While he is away Kim runs into Martine, a friend from the past, and they swiftly become best friends. But soon it seems their meeting was not accidental at all and that Kim has become a victim of Martine’s unhealthy obsessions.
Martine’s excessive compulsions lead to dangerous situations, with Kim ending up in hospital. The true surprise however, comes when Kim learns that Manuel has not been in Germany all this time. But she can’t start to guess what is really going on…
304 pages | ISBN 978-90-225-5969-7 | September 2011
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ANTIDOTE (TEGENGIF)
Kim is nineteen years old and deeply in love with Edwin. When she finds out he has betrayed her she vows to never be disappointed like this again. To arm herself against future pain she is determined to create an immense dislike of men. Kim believes the best way to accomplish this is to become a prostitute.
In Antidote Judith Visser vividly describes the shady underworld of Rotterdam into which Kim descends.
Winner of the Best Book of Rotterdam Award of 2006. Revised and reissued in 2011.
Please download the German sample translation here
Bitte downloaden Sie hier zwei Deutsche Textabschnitte von Gegengift (Antidote)
256 pages | ISBN 978-90-225-5975-8 | September 2011
Press on Antidote:
‘The most remarkable debut of 2006.’ – Opzij
‘Antidote is a good read and gives a clear picture of the hidden world of prostitution.’ – Vriendin
