Chapel Road - Louis Paul Boon
KORTE INHOUD
A milestone in Dutch language literature!
The first English translation of this celebrated Belgian novel by proably the most interesting and controversial prose writer in the Netherlandic area.
This novel tells the story of Ondine, who was born in a poverty-stricken house in Chapel Road at the turn of the century. Despite her origins, she has set her sights on a rich existence but ends up marrying Oscar, who is poor but idealistic. Inevitably both become disillusioned by life. Boon interweaves the comments and experiences of a number of 'modern' people in a postwar era, when socialist concepts have faded in favour of a middle-class mentality of pampering wealth.
'One of the few truly magnificent novels in Dutch language-literature. A masterpiece.' DE VOLKSKRANT
'The most powerful epic to come out of Flanders this century' (ELSEVIER)
‘Chapel Road’ is a showcase for all Boon’s writing qualities. Its dazzling construction combines several narrative threads, including one where the writer and his friends discuss how t...
The first English translation of this celebrated Belgian novel by proably the most interesting and controversial prose writer in the Netherlandic area.
This novel tells the story of Ondine, who was born in a poverty-stricken house in Chapel Road at the turn of the century. Despite her origins, she has set her sights on a rich existence but ends up marrying Oscar, who is poor but idealistic. Inevitably both become disillusioned by life. Boon interweaves the comments and experiences of a number of 'modern' people in a postwar era, when socialist concepts have faded in favour of a middle-class mentality of pampering wealth.
'One of the few truly magnificent novels in Dutch language-literature. A masterpiece.' DE VOLKSKRANT
'The most powerful epic to come out of Flanders this century' (ELSEVIER)
‘Chapel Road’ is a showcase for all Boon’s writing qualities. Its dazzling construction combines several narrative threads, including one where the writer and his friends discuss how t...
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