Book of My Life: Yael van der Wouden in conversation with Abdelkader Benali

Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Abdelkader Benali.
Yael van der Wouden spoke about In the Dream House (2019) by US author Carmen Maria Machado. In this memoir, Machado meets her on a weeknight: a dazzling smile, Carmen falls for this apparition like a log. They begin a relationship, but soon it takes a dark turn. To analyse the experiences and understand how they shaped her, she draws on numerous literary genres and pop culture. And in the midst of it all, there stands the dream house, the house where it happened, the symbol of what could have been and was not.