Shortlisted for the 2021 Woutertje Pieterse Prize (NL)
In 1945 Klaus Mann travels, as a journalist, through post-war Europe back to his homeland Germany for
the first time in years. He wonders how his county and fellow citizens have fared. What has changed due
to the war? And he reflects on how he himself has changed because of everything that’s happened.
Rindert Kromhout beautifully brings together history (the Second World War) and current affairs (refugees who no longer feel at home anywhere) in a compelling story, as seen through the eyes of the wellknown writer Klaus Mann. Similar to his Charleston Trilogy, Kromhout brings a famous writer’s family to life.
My father’s Name is a story based on facts and historical people and the third part in the Mann trilogy.
It can also be read as a standalone novel.
‘My Father’s Name is the most political instalment and a compelling conclusion to this excellent, well-crafted trilogy. (…) Kromhout succeeds in combining the historical and political narrative with the
personal inner life of a troubled artist.’ – jaapleest.nl
