Sanneke van Hassel (b. 1971, the Netherlands) is the author of three collections of short stories, IJsregen (Ice Rain, 2005), Witte veder (White Feather, 2007) and Ezels (Donkeys, 2012). Her stories won her the BNG New Literature Prize and her work has been praised for its powerful atmosphere, its sharply drawn characters and situations, and its economical style....