Upstairs, Downstairs, & Next Door
Read Upstairs, Downstairs, & Next Door by Hannah Pearson in Dutch and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels B1.
About this book
One building. Ten stories. One very strange July. Behind every door, an ordinary day is quietly coming apart at the seams — two crooks counting stolen cash, an apartment with more roommates than beds (one of them asleep in the laundry pile), a proposal being rehearsed on a fogged-up mirror, and a pair of twin brothers who really shouldn't be left alone.
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Een vieze kelder van een appartementengebouw.
A dirty basement of an apartment building.
De ruimte is donker.
The space is dark.
Er is maar één lamp die boven een tafel hangt.
There is only one light that hangs above a table.
Op de tafel ligt een STAPEL GELD.
On the table is a PILE OF CASH.
Achter hen staat een rij vuilnisbakken.
Behind them is a row of trashcans.
Erboven bevindt zich de uitgang van de vuilstortkoker.
Above is the exit of the trash chute.
Twee mannen zitten aan de tafel.
Two men sit at the table.
About the author
Hannah Pearson is a writer, producer, and actor based in Berlin. She holds an MA in Screenwriting from MetFilm School (University of West London) and a BA in History and Religious Studies from the University of Central Arkansas. Her writing gravitates toward witty dialogue and high-concept premises — both of which run through Upstairs, Downstairs, & Next Door.