Who I Am

Publisher: Atlas Contact 

For the readers of Daan Heerma van Voss and Philip Huff.

Touching themes such as depression, family, father-son relationship, theater and drama

Thirty-year-old Levi has struggled with depression since childhood. When despair grabs him by his throat, his usually withdrawn father reaches out his hand: let’s talk. Together they visit the Fringe theater festival in Edinburgh. But between theatrical and café visits, conversations are struggling to flourish. Memories of Levi’s childhood and relationships intrude. At the same time, Levi tries to get a grip on his destructive tendencies, which get in the way of real contact with another person.

In the novel Who I Am, Levi Jacobs spares nothing or no one, and definitely not the main character. Stubbornly, relentlessly and dissarmingly, he keeps kicking open the door to love. With his powerful pen, Jacobs makes Who I Am not only a courageous, but also a hopeful story

Praise:

‘A ferocious book. Penetrating and uncomfortable. Written with great inner need.’ – Merijn de Boer, author of The Togetherness Group and ’t Jagthuys

‘Hallucinatory prose […]. Such an author should be encouraged to keep readers captive in the enchantment – because the ever lurking disenchantment must always be countered.’ – jury report Hollands Maandblad Writers’ Scholarship