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• The Tree and the Vine, by Dola de Jong (1961, tr. Ilona Kinzer; 2020, tr. Kristen Gehrman. Original: De thuiswacht, 1954*)

About the book

• Transit Books, 2020, tr. Kristen Gehrman, 150 p. Goodreads
• The Feminist Press, 1996, tr. Ilona Kinzer, 152 p. Goodreads
• Original Title: De thuiswacht
• * Some sources mention that the book was originally published in 1951. In her Afterword for the 1996 reissue, Lillian Fadermann mentions that the novel was first published in 1955. In the 2020 reissue, the new translator Kristen Gehrman mentions that the novel was originally published in 1954.
• My rating: 3 stars