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Namen en gezichten Frans Kellendonk 1983
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| ON FRANS KELLENDONK'S BOOKSHELF The Bible 40 different authors, ca. 1450 B.C. - ca. 95 A.D. King James, for example. [Bint] F. Bordewijk, 1934 [De wingerdrank] F. Bordewijk, 1937 Laughter in the Dark Vladimir Nabokov, 1933 A wealthy man in early twentieth-century Berlin is attracted to a lovely young girl and abandons his wife and home to begin a disastrous and unrequited love affair. Lolita Vladimir Nabokov, 1955 'in English' The story of Humbert Humbert and his obsession with 12-year-old Dolores Haze. Determined to possess his 'Lolita' both carnally and artistically, Humbert embarks on a disastrous courtship that can only end in tragedy. Great Expectations Charles Dickens, 1860-1861 'Dark period novels' Village boy has mysterious benefactor. The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens, 1840-1841 A frequently and deliberately sentimental story of pursuit and courage in adversity, of malevolent and vile villains and the plucky and downtrodden characters who oppose them and their evil actions. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy Laurence Sterne, 1768 'I have laid a plan for something new, quite out of the beaten track'. The result, A Sentimental Journey is as far from the conventional travel book as Tristram Shandy is from other novels. The Wings of the Dove Henry James, 1902 A young couple plan to extort money from a naive and trusting American heiress who is terminally ill. [Moeder en zoon] Gerard Reve, 1980 An autobiographical story about a young man's journey to Catholicism, which runs parallel to his love for a mysterious youth. Tarr Wyndham Lewis, 1918 (as 'The Egoist') Frederick Tarr, an Englishman, has difficulty understanding the motivations of Otto Kreisler, a German artist, whose life ends in tragedy. [Altaergeheimenissen] Joost van den Vondel, 1645 Story of the Eye Georges Bataille, 1928 (publ. under pseudonym 'Lord Auch') A classic of pornographic literature, Story of the Eye finds the parallels in Sade and Nietzsche and in the investigations of contemporary psychology; it also forecasts Bataille's own theories of ecstasy, death and transgression which he developed in later work. | BOOKS BY FRANS KELLENDONK: [Mystiek lichaam] 1986 A "modern morality" about the state of the world and the meaning of life - for a miser, his homosexual son, his moody daughter, and her Jewish lover. | WHAT TO READ AFTER MYSTIEK LICHAAM? FATHER, DAUGHTER, FAMILY The Man Who Loved Children Christina Stead, 1940 (1965: revised edition) Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. [Havinck] Marja Brouwers, 1984 A lawyer clashes with his teenage daughter and his (too) full life, after his wife's suicide. [De vaders van de gedachte] Nanne Tepper, 1998 MODERN MORALITY TALES Moby Dick Herman Melville, 1851 The Nantucket whaling ship, the Pequod, spirals the globe in search of Moby Dick, the mythical white whale of the Southern Oceans. Driven by the obsessive revenge of Captain Ahab, the crew and the outcast Ishmael find themselves caught up in a demonic pursuit, which leads inexorably to an apocalyptic climax. The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky, 1880 Three sons find their violent and vengeful lives exposed when their despicable father is murdered, and each man struggles to come to terms with his guilt over his involvement in the crime. Lord Jim Joseph Conrad, 1900 This is a classic story of one man's tragic failure and eventual redemption, told under the circumstances of high adventure at the margins of the known world. The Trial Franz Kafka, 1925P 'posthumous work' The tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. [Ons mankeert niets] Willem Jan Otten, 1994 STRUGGLING WITH CATHOLICISM The End of the Affair Graham Greene, 1951 An adulterous atheist falters in his non-belief. Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh, 1945 An unexpected wartime return to Brideshead, home of Sebastian Flyte and his eccentric family, causes Charles Ryder to reflect on their carefree undergraduate days. Earthly Powers Anthony Burgess, 1980 About a writer and the man to whom he is linked through family ties, an earthy Italian priest destined to become Pope. |
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| [De nietsnut] 1979 | ||
| [Letter en geest] 1982 This postmodern 'ghost story' takes place in a library. | ||
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