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Tag Archives: Dutch
The Great Untranslated: Raadsels van het rund (Enigmas of the Cow) by Jacq Firmin Vogelaar
The 1970s were the miraculous decade of American literary postmodernism when some of the wildest and most daring novels were published: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow (1973), Donald Barthelme’s The Dead Father (1975) Robert Coover’s The Public Burning (1977), John Barth’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dutch, Enigmas of the Cow, Jacq Firmin Vogelaar, Netherlands, Raadsels van het rund
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The Great Untranslated: De Zondvloed (The Deluge) by Jeroen Brouwers
When you hear “the Great Dutch novel”, what is it that first comes to your mind? Harry Mulisch’s The Discovery of Heaven? Willem Frederik Hermans’ The Dark Room of Damocles? Or, perhaps, Hugo Claus’ The Sorrow of Belgium? but that … Continue reading
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Tagged De Zondvloed, Dutch, Jeroen Brouwers, The Deluge
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