Flip Through Flanders: Angelo Tijssens: The Edges

A man returns to his hometown to clear out the flat of his recently deceased mother. While there, he cannot resist visiting his former lover. As the storm rages in the night outside, he finds in the man’s embrace some kind of quiet; some kind of home.

As we are drawn into the narrator’s past, we see how a childhood marked by abuse and a life lived on the edges can shape someone – and what respite and beauty can be found in love and trust. This novel is unsentimental yet aching with longing and vulnerability. It is tender and beautifully evocative.

‘A hovering wounded story of unending love and fear and pain that saturates the reader in silence and memory… Unmissable.’ David Hayden

Angelo Tijssens’ attendance at West Cork Literary Festival is supported by Flanders Literature as part of their Flip Through Flanders programme