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Summer in Termuren (Netherlandic Literature)
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Description for Summer in Termuren (Netherlandic Literature)
Paperback. Translator(s): Vincent, Paul. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 36. Weight in Grams: 750.
This, the author writes, is "the novel of the individual in a world of barbarians." It is the story of Ondine and Oscarke, a young married couple adrift in a Belgian landscape that is darkening under the spread of industry and World War I. Ondine, who "came to serve god and live," finds that she must "serve the gentlemen" instead. Oscarke, an aspiring sculptor, finds himself unsuccessfully scouring Brussels for work and, when he is finally hired, too tired to make his own art. They grow old and their four children grow up as "technology and mechanization, unemployment, fascism, and ... Read more
This, the author writes, is "the novel of the individual in a world of barbarians." It is the story of Ondine and Oscarke, a young married couple adrift in a Belgian landscape that is darkening under the spread of industry and World War I. Ondine, who "came to serve god and live," finds that she must "serve the gentlemen" instead. Oscarke, an aspiring sculptor, finds himself unsuccessfully scouring Brussels for work and, when he is finally hired, too tired to make his own art. They grow old and their four children grow up as "technology and mechanization, unemployment, fascism, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
489
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564784148
SKU
V9781564784148
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Ref
99-15
About Unknown
P. C. Evans is a poet and a translator of Dutch plays, two of which have been staged by Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic Threatre in London. Paul Vincent is the translator of more than a dozen works of Dutch fiction.
Reviews for Summer in Termuren (Netherlandic Literature)
"Boon, one of the best realists we have, doesn't just represent things; he recreates and offers it to us in a world of dream and magic in this long, sad, revolting, profound and beautiful book." - Jan Walravens"