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Original Title: | Landen |
ISBN: | 9041414886 (ISBN13: 9789041414885) |
Edition Language: | Dutch |
Literary Awards: | Opzij Literatuurprijs Nominee (2010) |
Laia Fàbregas
Paperback | Pages: 213 pages Rating: 3.35 | 80 Users | 17 Reviews
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Title | : | Landen |
Author | : | Laia Fàbregas |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 213 pages |
Published | : | (first published 2010) |
Categories | : | Fiction |
Description Concering Books Landen
Een oude Spaanse man zit in het vliegtuig naast een jonge Nederlandse vrouw. Ze raken met elkaar aan de praat. 'Hij overleed tijdens de landing,' zegt 'zij' aan het begin van deze puzzelachtige vertelling. En ze voelt de noodzaak om het houten kistje dat de man bij zich heeft, mee naar huis te nemen. In afwisselende 'hij'- en 'zij'-hoofdstukken vertelt Laia Fàbregas een intrigerend verhaal van een zoektocht.Het is een verhaal over toeval en ongeluk, over je aanpassen in een nieuw land en over nostalgie, eenzaamheid en onvoorwaardelijke liefde.
Rating Out Of Books Landen
Ratings: 3.35 From 80 Users | 17 ReviewsColumn Out Of Books Landen
Irritating, had to stop reading.What a nice surprise. I was immediately absorbed in this well written text. Art, love and the meaning of life, they were all in there.
This second novel of the Spanish-Dutch author Laia Fàbregas has an intruiging story, which is tightly constructed and which is pleasantly told. Well done. Recommended. JMI didn't hate this book but felt it forgettable unfortunately.
2.5 Stars. I learned about this book thanks to Portal in the Pages who read it as part of her Around the World Reading Challenge. You can check out her challenge and progress here. If you were sitting next to someone on a plane, chatting with them briefly before falling asleep, then upon landing discovered that they were dead, how would you react? Well, that is exactly how Landing begins. On a flight from Barcelona to the Netherlands an elderly Spanish man and a young Dutch woman are having a
"Landing follows two sets of episodes of their characters lives. These are two distinct people who meet on the first page without realizing their parallel connections, searching for answers to their lives questions. She, a Dutch woman, travels often to Spain in her quest to find the angel who pulled her out of the burning family car. He, a Spaniard, traveled to Holland searching for work in the mid-twentieth century." - Janet Mary LiveseyThis book was reviewed in the November/December 2016 issue
Awesome book
I didn't hate this book but felt it forgettable unfortunately.
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