Edgy, mesmerising, darkly ironical: this one-of-a kind novel tells the story of ten evenings in the life of Frits van Egters - a disillusioned young man, walking the streets of post-war Amsterdam. The young protagonist's aimlessness and ennui belie the extraordinary wit and beauty of this powerful piece of outsider fiction, which has been voted one of the greatest novels of all...
Edgy, mesmerising, darkly ironical: this one-of-a kind novel tells the story of ten evenings in the life of Frits van Egters - a disillusioned young man, walking the streets of post-war Amsterdam. The young protagonist's aimlessness and ennui belie the extraordinary wit and beauty of this powerful piece of outsider fiction, which has been voted one of the greatest novels of all time by Dutch readers.
作者简介
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Gerard Reve (1923-2006) is considered one of the greatest post-war Dutch authors, and was also the first openly gay writer in the country's history. A complicated and controversial character, Reve is also hugely popular and critically acclaimed- his 1947 debut The Evenings was chosen as one of the nation's 10 favourite books by the readers of a leading Dutch newspaper while the...
Gerard Reve (1923-2006) is considered one of the greatest post-war Dutch authors, and was also the first openly gay writer in the country's history. A complicated and controversial character, Reve is also hugely popular and critically acclaimed- his 1947 debut The Evenings was chosen as one of the nation's 10 favourite books by the readers of a leading Dutch newspaper while the Society of Dutch Literature ranked it as the Netherlands' best novel of all time.
原文摘录
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The man took an oliebol from the pile, bit a piece out of it, chewed, swallowed and looked at the part that was left. (查看原文)
‘Het was nacht’, zei hij, ‘stikdonkere nacht.’
‘Ik kan natuurlijk de radio aanzetten’, dacht hij, ‘maar of ik er verstandig aan doe, is de vraag.’ Hij schakelde het toestel in. ‘U hoort de tweede romance van Schumann’, zei de omroepster. Frits wachtte en liet de rook van de sigaret langs zijn nagels strijken. ‘Hoort, hoort’, dacht hij, toen de muziek begonnen was. Hij legde de sigaret op de zakpijp, hield de toppen van duim en ringvinger op de ooghoeken en haalde voorzichtig, met wijd geopende mond, adem. ‘Zo is het’, fluisterde hij. (查看原文)
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