Between 1996 and 2004, the Antwerp publisher Houtekiet published the series "Flemish Library", re-issuing 36 important Flemish novels which originally appeared between 1927 - 1970 in hardcover editions. Through this series, many novels, long out of print, were made available in clean, crisp, new editions.

Mireille Cottenjé novel Eeuwige zomer tells the story of a woman, Guya, who is seduced by the virile Lex, and deserts her "boring" husband, Peter. Wooing her, Lex appears to be elegant, charming, interesting and passionate, but during a trek through Lapland, he is revealed as an entirely egoistic person. When Guya is unable to do all he wants and expects of her, he completely irresponsibly abandons her to the wilderness

According to the afterword, Eeuwige zomer sparked another Flemish writer, Jef Geeraerts to write Indian Summer as a reaction to this book (See review here in Dutch.) Geeraerts and Cottenjé had a relation, as described in the novel, and Geeraerts was the model for the selfish main character. ( )