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Renate Dorrestein Heart of Stone (Uk Edition)
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD 2001 0-552-99836-2 / 9780552998369 Paperback Fine
A Heart of Stone is the first novel by best-selling Dutch author, Renate Do rrestein, to appear in English (admirably translated by Hester Velmans). It 's an extraordinary, and compelling, story of family and violence, childhoo d and madness--a story whose deft changes of perspective support the suspen se that runs right through to the novel's conclusion. From the narrator, El len, the third of five children, we know that something has gone terribly w rong for the Van Bemmel family. What, why, and how is only gradually discov ered through Dorrestein's powerful exploration of a family apparently doome d to destruction. In her late thirties, Ellen's own pregnancy is the cataly st for her journey of remembrance, her recovery of her parents' wish to giv e their children "a blessedly happy and carefree childhood" and the pervers ity that can accompany a mother's faith in the fact that she knows what is best for her children. A story of memory, mourning and rebirth, A Heart of Stone keys in to some of the most painful themes in contemporary fiction. F ar from incidental, or gratuitous, that pain is integrated into Dorrestein' s exploration of how a fiction might respond to a child's question--"What h appens to dead people?"--posed in the most extreme circumstances. "The poli ce discovered Carlos and me huddled in the darkest corner of Billie's old c ellar, sobbing with fright"': one of the first indications of what has happ ened appears early in this novel that, like its narrator, swerves away from finding, and telling, more--at least until the very end of the book when, with tact and care, Dorrestein forces her character (and readers) up agains
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500.00 JPY
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Dorrestein Renate Ontaarde Moeders
Poema & Pandora Pockets 01/04/2001 90-254-1572-5 / 9789025415723 Hardback Fine/Fine
Zevenendertig jaar geleden is Meijken voor het laatst buiten geweest, als b ruid. Daarna is het er niet meer van gekomen, tot ze bezoek krijgt van haar zwager Zwier en zijn dochtertje Maryemma. Vier generaties moeders en docht ers zijn met elkaar opgesloten in een geheim waarvan de sleutel zoek lijkt. Maar Zwiers onverwachte komst maakt dat Meijken er plotseling genoeg van h eeft een gehoorzame dochter te zijn. Dan moet ze constateren dat zelfs Moed er Aarde niet bij machte is haar dochters veiligheid of bescherming te bied en.
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800.00 JPY
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