The Window Cleaner of Rijksmuseum
Publisher: Luitingh-Sijthoff
A compelling adventure about time travel, history, art and identity
With Name No Names, Astrid Sy won the Young Beckman Prize for best historical novel
Since the death of his father, Pip has been the Rijksmuseum’s window cleaner. Every day, he climbs over roofs to clean windows and at night he sleeps in a tower room. One night, he discovers thieves stealing paintings. But these are not normal paintings, as you can travel through time with
them! Pip sets out to investigate and stumbles upon a crazy plot with the help of Isabella, the girl from his favourite painting. As Pip travels through Amsterdam in different time periods, he discovers his personal history, but also that nothing is what is seems inside museums…
