Anna Enquist

Anna Enquist (1945) will be in conversation at Crossing Border about her new novel The End of Erna Ankersmit.

Novels such as The Masterpiece, The Secret and Counterpoint  have earned Anna Enquist a wide and international readership. Millions of copies of her work have been sold worldwide. The End of Erna Ankersmit is her tenth novel.

About Het einde van Erna Ankersmit
It must be a misunderstanding when, on a dark grey afternoon, a home care worker rings the doorbell of the elderly and cantankerous Erna Ankersmit. She neither has nor wants home care. Yet, unwilling to send her away into a hailstorm, the once-celebrated writer, who is tirelessly working on a new novel, reluctantly invites Vronie, the care worker and mother of a family with growing children, inside.

This half-hearted gesture marks the beginning of a friendship that gradually reveals deeper layers, culminating in a joint walking journey along Hadrian’s Wall in England. A journey that brings everything into sharper focus, including Erna’s past and her relationship with her late husband.