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The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories

Penned By Joost Zwagerman
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The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories

Penned By Joost Zwagerman
4.85 78,952 Ratings
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For anyone interested in European literature these stories are an undiscovered snapshot of some of the most interesting and important writing of the twentieth and twenty-first century. From the same culture that consistently draws worldwide attention for its groundbreaking and avante-garde movements in the visual arts, this collection displays the same playfulness, innovation and sense of humour in Dutch literary movements. The stories are varied: subversive, profound, hilarious; stylistically experimental and psychologically astute.The majority of these stories appear here in English for the first time, and many of these names will be unfamiliar to English-speaking audiences. Dutch writers have been gaining a swell of praise in recent years, and have been lauded by figures such as J. M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera and John Updike.

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Length 602 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Penguin Modern Classics
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Identifier (ISBN) 30071117
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Joost Zwagerman is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Joost Zwagerman can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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