The novel Jij zegt het, in which Connie Palmen gives a voice to Ted Hughes, won the Libris Literature Prize yesterday. Of course, you can think all sorts of things about that. Maybe another book was better. Tastes and juries differ.
In the novel based on facts and diaries, letters and biographies, Palmen gives poet Ted Hughes a rebuttal. A rebuttal to all accusations that his cheating drove the poet Sylvia Plath to suicide. The result is a novel d...
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