{"product_id":"this-body-this-blood-paperback","title":"This Body, This Blood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaphne A. Vermeer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Body, This Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary vampire novel set in the Netherlands in the autumn of 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna never wanted to be a vampire. After seven years in hiding, she is finally safe-but safety isn't the same as having a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she visits her prospective friend Henk and his blood father Aloïsius at their isolated house in the Dutch forest, she finds herself confronted with unsettling truths about life on the edge of moral catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat disturbs Anna most is Aloïsius himself: a practicing Catholic who seeks God's grace while living as a serial killer, openly admitting he exists in \"a state of mortal sin.\" And Henk, who lost his faith decades ago, seems content remaining for nearly a century with the man who murdered him. The longer she stays, the less she understands the household around her, or herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a novel about vampires as metaphor. The horror is not in what they are. It is in the quiet, ordinary life of wood-chopping, budgeted supermarket trips, and chamomile tea brewed on the fire because there is no electricity, against the ever-present knowledge of what they have done - and what they may have to do again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in Dutch landscape, culture, and the everyday impact of the Protestant\/Catholic divide, \u003cem\u003eThis Body, This Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about sin, survival, and what we make of the lives we never chose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.48 x 4.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52203969904935,"sku":"9789083622149","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/2079\/7223\/files\/ZynvZZrFwj9789083622149.webp?v=1790801804","url":"https:\/\/theluminousbookshop.com\/products\/this-body-this-blood-paperback","provider":"The Luminous Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}