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Member: Himmelkoemov

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TagsPoetry (546), Novel (354), Dutch literature (192), Russian literature (174), French literature (154), Belgian literature (135), Dutch (130), German literature (129), Nobel Prize in Literature (90), Short stories (74) — see all tags

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GroupsBelgium, Czech books, Dutch writing in English - An appreciation, German Library Thingers, Nederlandstalige lezers

Favorite authorsYehuda Amichai, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Marcus Aurelius, H. H. ter Balkt, Roland Barthes, J.M.H. Berckmans, Jeroen Brouwers, Chester Brown, Mikhail Bulgakov, Angela Carter, Arjen Duinker, Jonathan Safran Foer, Ṣādiq Hidāyat, Zbigniew Herbert, Bohumil Hrabal, Hans Henny Jahn, Daniil Kharms, Velimir Khlebnikov, Gerrit Kouwenaar, Federico García Lorca, Michel de Montaigne, Haruki Murakami, Hugo Pratt, Bruno Schulz, Hjalmar Söderberg, Seth, Charles Simic, Leo Tolstoy, John Kennedy Toole, Tomas Tranströmer, Robert Walser, Chris Ware, Juli Zeh (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAntiquariaat A. Kok & Zn, Athenaeum Boekhandel, Boekhandel Het Martyrium, De Groene Waterman, De Slegte Amsterdam, De Slegte Antwerpen Wapper, Demian, Haus des Buches, Het Ivoren Aapje, Hinderickx & Winderickx, JOOT (Just Out Of Time), Lambiek, Poeziecentrum Gent, Trefpunt (Hoogstraat)

Other favoritesDe Boekenmarkt op het Spui, Zuiderpershuis

About me32 year old male. Belgian. Has a profound interest in Russian classics, avant-garde literature, German and Austrian literature and the history of publishing.

Books are a big part of my life. I was raised in a house without books but brimful of stories. My love for books has always had an influence on my professional life. From working at bookshops, to owning my own 2nd hand bookstore and now my work at a publishing house.

Starting october 2008 I'll host a reading group in Antwerp. At one of Belgium's best bookshops: De Groene Waterman. The next months we'll be reading and discussing the following books:

- Spieltrieb by Juli Zeh
- Hunger by Knut Hamsun
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoi
- The Light by Torgny Lindgren
- Storm of steel by Ernst Jünger
- number 9 dream by David Mitchell
- Tobias en de dood van J. Van Oudshoorn

If you're in the neighbourhood & feel like reading and discussing one (or more) of the above feel free to drop by. More information can be found on the website of the shop: http://www.groenewaterman.be/

About my libraryWork in progress

LocationAntwerp, Belgium

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Member sinceAug 10, 2007