A new writer
On the oeuvre of Dutch author Koos van Zomeren. See link under 'Diffidence'
dated 2014 until 2015
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Diffidence
2014"... The kind of dog I was." (Het Verhaal, 1986)
Foundation BOB
2014Foundation for the Promotion of Unimportant Diligence.
Favourable weather
2014... for those who like to walk alone.
Outsiders
2014Inspired by Otto’s oorlog (1983), De Witte Prins (1985) en Het schip Herman Manelli (1990)
Murdered innocence
2014Inspired by Otto’s oorlog (1983), Kleine alk (1992) en Een verdrietige gier (2003)
System builder
2015Behind the scenes of writing a novel.
Package deal
2014Nature: embraced, and used to draw attention to his writing.
Landscape recovery
2015"Before we start preserving this landscape we should restore it." ( Koos van Zomeren, 2004)
Drawback of succes
2015Inspired by the succes of Van Zomeren’s naturebooks.
Related
2015Inspired by the mix of fact and fiction in the novels by Koos van Zomeren
Reunion
2015Leading the way back
Colleagues
2015Stanley
Altitudes
2015From the dike in Herwijnen to the Alps, "a landscape with paustovskian qualities."
Treasure-digger
2015… Not the ecstasy of the moment, but the memory, the ecstasy of the past. (Meisje in het Veen, 1996)
Instead of memories
2014“Always looking for ... that one sentence that will free him, preferably for good, of a certain thought or impression." (Rondom Staal, 2012)
The desire to return
2014Inspired by Een jaar in scherven (1988), Sneeuw van Hem (1998), Nog in morgens gemeten (2006) en De man op de Middenweg (2001).
Distorted past
2014Inspired by Het Verhaal (1986) and Het schip Herman Manelli (1990)
Acknowledgement
2014"The lighting up of the world never lasts long enough to make me fully visible.” … (Het schip Herman Manelli, 1990)
Regime change
2014From parental authority to radical party discipline.
Thaw
2014or 'The mystery of restored virginity’ (Sneeuw van Hem, 1998)