"An interpreter has come to The Hague to e scape New York and work at the international court. A woman of many langua ges and identities\, she is looking for a place to finally call home.
\ nShe's drawn into simmering personal dramas. Her lover\, Adriaan\, is s eparated from his wife but still entangled in his marriage. Her friend Jan a witnesses a seemingly random act of violence\, a crime the interpreter b ecomes increasingly obsessed with as she befriends the victim's sister. An d she's pulled into an explosive political controversy when she's asked to interpret for a former president accused of war crimes.
\nA woman o f quiet passion\, she confronts power\, love\, and violence\, both in her personal intimacies and in her work at the court. She is soon pushed to th e precipice\, where betrayal and heartbreak threaten to overwhelm her\, fo rcing her to decide what she wants from her life." - The Publisher
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