Summary of The Angel Maker
After a long absence, Doctor Hoppe returns to his village of Wolfheim in eastern Belgium. The villagers distrust him, but his popularity grows after he saves a local child’s life. The fact that his three sons, identical triplets named after the archangels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel, are rarely seen in the village fuels all kinds of rumours and gossip about the doctor and his offspring.
Reasons to read The Angel MakerÂ
“The Angel Maker” is a fast-paced yet unsettling Gothic novel centred around the theme of human cloning, set in a remote rural Belgian village in the 1980s. The book raises questions about the boundaries between faith and superstition, good and evil, and the ethical dilemmas posed by medical progress. Stefan Brijs, a renowned Flemish writer, won the 2006 Golden Owl audience award for this novel.
Setting: Belgium
“The Angel Maker” is set in Wolfheim – a fictional village in the German-speaking part of Belgium, near the tripoint between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
Original title: De engelenmaker
Year of publication: 2005
Nr of pages: 352
