10,000 print run
Multiple award winner
Speaks to an international audience because the book deals with philosophies underpinning both contemporary art and Taoist thought
First English edition by award-winning translator Hester Velmans
The book's strong Ban Jan Ader theme fits with current art-world trends to revisit this legendary Dutch artist's performance works and consider his suicidal masterwork "In Search of the Miraculous"
Sold over 30,000 copies in Holland and has been translated into French (Actes Sud 2016), German (Suhrkamp 2016) and Czech (Kniha Zlin 2017)

Awards
Winner of the Anton Wachter Prize 2014 for best first novel
Winner of the Opzij Prize
Winner of the Lucy B. & C.W. van der Hoogt Prize
Shortlisted for the Libris Prize and the Golden Book Owl, the two most important Dutch and Flemish literary awards
Winner of Reader's Choice Award Golden Book Owl.

Translated by: Hester Velmans