 In 2007, "De avonden" was named as one of the Top 10 Dutch language novels of all time by readers of the newspaper "NRC Handelsblad".The book was released as "Die Abende" in Germany in 1987, "Les soirs" in France in 1989, "Az esték" in Hungary in 1999, "Večery" in Slovakia and "Kvällarna" in Sweden in 2008, and "Las noches" in Spain in 2011.The novel was translated into English only in 2016, by Sam Garrett.