March 11, 2026
An ordinary train ride
An Ordinary Train Ride to Paris Some experiences in life stay with you forever—especially when they put you in mortal danger. In January of 1976, I went to Paris for a recording...
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Stella
Jansen
Novelist · Poet · Storyteller
An Amsterdam-based novelist whose debut novel The Unforeseen traces the lives of three women across two continents and several decades — a story of adversity, windfall, and the grace of unexpected closure.
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The Unforeseen
A novel
This is the story of three women who have to deal with life in all its facets, adversities as well as windfalls and happiness whereby complications and unforeseen events shape their destiny in varying ways.Though faced with difficult situations these women cope in their own specific way with whatever life throws at...
About the Author
Stella Jansen
Stella Jansen is an Amsterdam-based novelist and poet whose debut novel The Unforeseen was published in 2022. Her second novel, Facing the Music, is forthcoming.
Forthcoming
Facing the Music
A novel set on the island of Cyprus in the aftermath of the Turkish invasion, drawing on Stella's own remarkable experiences there.
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March 9, 2026
Something is afoot
Something is afoot There was a time when deep down she knew it couldn’t possibly turn out well for her, yet she cast caution to the wind and leaped full force into the trap...
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