with fantasy. To do so, he remains close to home. It is not difficult to see that Monward is an anagram of Warmond, ’t Hart's current place of residence. Moreover, in 1991 he wrote the preface of a photo book “Portrets of Warmond” by photographer Els Hansen, who photographed 160 racy residents of Warmond. Naturally, the publication of Hansen's novel did not lead to the death of 160 depicted inhabitants, this is where the fiction comes in. The author shows how humanity deals with truth and lies and that one is quickly unable to recognize the difference. It's not without reason he cites Xenophanes. The quote is the motto from a fragment left by this philosopher: “And when it comes to the truth, there is and shall not be anyone who knows her in relation to the Gods and all those things I keep referring to. Because even if someone coincidentally would speak of the most perfect, then he would not be aware of this himself. Only delusion is given to all”. Moreover, the romance novel has a remarkable sexual overtone for this author. The nameless main character is surrounded by women, the painter Molly, the photographer Lotte, Leonora, the transsexual Sirena, and the female vicar Maria. They all represent the different aspects of the woman, the seductive siren, the motherly Maria, he mysterious witch Lotte, the martyr Leonora and the hateful Molly. Eventually no-one stays with the narrator except Lotte, but only to hide. But even in this case delusion rules, as she believes to be chased by the Indonesian secret service. During the entire romance novel, nightly planes to and from the airport Schiphol keep the residents awake, whose noise negatively affects the inhabitants peace of mind. When “Lotte Weeda” was published, there was some commotion surrounding the fact that ’t Hart had basically integrated his novella “De scheltopusik”, which he wrote in 2003 as an assignment of De Bijenkorf (Dutch department store). This may have displeased some readers. On the other hand, this novella is a feast of recognition as a pre-study to this romance noval. The dog remains unnamed in this novella, like his owner, which makes his name “Anders” (translates to: ‘different’ from Dutch) in this subsequent novel a wink to faithful readers. The romance novel is ‘different’ from the novella, and yet a fitting sequel on the broadly sketched perspective. Footnotes References Novels by