Manon Uphoff (b. 1962, the Netherlands) is a writer of short stories, novels, and essays. Her 1995 debut Begeerte (Desire) received excellent reviews and was nominated for important literary prizes, as were her novella De Vanger (The Catcher, 2002) and her novels Gemis (Loss, 1997) and Koudvuur (Gas Gangrene, 2005)....