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Emilia lives in a lighthouse with her father. He has a wooden leg, drinks too much and makes his daughter do all the work. In the harbour town, everyone calls her Lampje, or ‘little lamp’. During a terrible storm, Lampje realises she’s forgotten to buy matches and so the lighthouse lamp remains unlit and a ship smashes into the rocks.
What makes Lampje particularly interesting is the way the novel incorporates the world-famous, tragic tale of the Little Mermaid. Everyone knows how she exchanged her beautiful voice for legs so that she could go and live with the man of her dreams. This story begins where the fairy tale ends.
Lampje has everything it takes to become a classic.