Boeken – 2026 01

“They believed they had lived and suffered there in a state of hardship, but could not look back without a sense of loss at their life there, before living a sad existence in Paris in which each one was merely the witness of the weaknesses and failures of the others.” “Fresh and silky sounds, cries…

“Dat het oorlog was, vernam de baron pas één dag na de keizerlijke proclamatie. Als steeds had hij de krant, die na de middag uit de hoofdstad was gearriveerd, pas de volgende ochtend gelezen. Maar ook toen had hij het haast niet kunnen geloven…” “Die avond barstte de hel los. De onderwereld had haar poorten…

Annie Ernaux – De jonge man Albert Camus – Bruiloft – De zomer Philippe Claudel – Het kleine meisje van meneer Linh

“The word ‘ivory’ would ring in the air for a while and on we went again into the silence along empty ridges round the still bends between the high walls of our winding way, reverberating in hollow claps the ponderous beat of the sternwheel. Trees, trees, millions of trees, massive, immense, running up high, and…