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En indadvendt kølehusarbejder, der er uhæmmet optaget af avisernes grusomme begivenheder, hans normale, udadvendte kone og husets tiltrækkende unge pige fortæller hver sin version af den spændte hverdag i huset. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.3Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Netherlandish literaturesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Menuet – Minuet in English – is an existential work about just three characters: a doubting, socially awkward man, his wife, and their young, cynical maid. Boon embeds their story in a stream of authentic newspaper clippings about accidents, murder and the like.
The three chapters tell the same story, but Boon switches the viewpoint with each chapter.
It has been translated into English, French, German, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Danish and Italian. You could do worse than hunt down a translation: Menuet packs a lot of punch for its short length: only 101 pages, but it manages to confront its readers with their own outlook on life.
Full review/discussion here, in Dutch - but it should be easily enough translatable using some free online AI. ( )