What Stays
A novel about love that changes form but doesn't disappear. Set in Amsterdam, it follows two people through ten moments across three years - exploring how memory, rhythm and place hold on to what we try to let go.
A novel about love that changes form but doesn't disappear. Set in Amsterdam, it follows two people through ten moments across three years - exploring how memory, rhythm and place hold on to what we try to let go.
Memory as a quiet emotional system - shaped by rhythm, scenes, music, small decisions and the city of Amsterdam.
Each chapter is a moment held in time - looping back through emotional traces of connection, desire, silence and change.
The city mirrors the characters' inner worlds: cafés, canals, tram bells, and bridges become emotional signals.
The novel rejects "failed relationships" - showing instead how connection transforms into distance, respect or memory.
A closer look at the emotional atmosphere and moments inside the story.
A narrative exploration—listen to how the story unfolds as a meditation on memory and presence.
Narrated as a journey through ten moments, exploring what remains after love transforms.