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The Twin
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Description
After his old worn-out father has been transferred upstairs Helmer sets about furnishing the rest of the house according to his own minimal preferences. 'A double bed and a duvet' advises Ada who lives next door with a sly look. Then Riet appears the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while on the farm?
The Twin is an ode to the platteland the flat and bleak Dutch countryside with its ditches and its cows and its endless grey skies.
Ostensibly a novel about the countryside as seen through the eyes of a farmer The Twin is in the end about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands. It chronicles a way of life which has resisted modernity is culturally apart and yet riven with a kind of romantic longing.
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Edition:
- 1
- Languages:
- Original: English
- Number of Pages:
- 290
- Publisher:
- Vintage
- Publication Date:
- 2009-05-07
- ISBN / EAN:
- 9780099516873
- Weight:
- 348 g
- Dimensions:
- 13/20/2 cm
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
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