The Summer 2025 issue of The Brussels Review offers a captivating blend of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, showcasing diverse voices and narratives.
What binds these stories together is not genre, but mood: an atmosphere of hesitation, rupture, and epistemological drift… They ask what remains of the human when its constructs—identity, memory, even time—become unstable.
As summer arrives, bringing with it long, lazy days perfect for diving into a good book, we turn our attention to the rich literary tradition of Flanders. What other way is there to visit Flanders emotionally? Here are our top five romantic novels by Flemish authors that promise to enchant and transport you to a…