Tag: Dutch

by M. Bijman April 30, 2018

Hendrik Groen stubbornly clings to life – On the Bright Side, by Anonymous (Hendrik Groen)

The mystery over who “Hendrik Groen” is, continues. Groen is the pseudonym of a Dutch author who has produced twoContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 7, 2017

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This is what being old is really like – The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, by…?

There is a current trend for novels with long titles about eccentric old people: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed OutContinue Reading

by M. Bijman March 23, 2017

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A masterful depiction of boredom – The Evenings by Gerard Reve

This is the first English translation, published in January 2017, of the famous Dutch novel. It is a novel about boredomContinue Reading

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