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Work InformationThe Laws by Connie Palmen (1991)
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Manche Menschen scheinen die Gesetze von Natur aus in sich zu tragen. Sie lesen keine Bücher und haben doch eine Meinung, eine Überzeugung, eine Vorstellung davon, wie die Welt sein soll. Sie sind von der Richtigkeit ihrer Ansichten überzeugt und brauchen nirgendwo nachzuschlagen, wie sie über dies oder jenes zu denken haben. Ich begriff nicht, wie das möglich war.« In sieben Jahren begegnet die Ich-Erzählerin, eine junge Studentin, sieben Männern: dem Astrologen, dem Epileptiker, dem Philosophen, dem Priester, dem Physiker, dem Künstler und dem Psychiater. Sie begehrt an diesen Männern vor allem das Wissen, das sie befähigt, die Welt zu verstehen und zu beurteilen. Sie versucht die Gesetze, die sie sich für ihr Leben gewählt haben, zu ergründen, sucht nach dem, was Halt in einer unsicheren Welt geben kann. A book off mtbr that I read after a long hesitation. Well, listened to actually. The paper copy went on a journey a while ago. This kind of books (can it be put into a category then?) is normally not the kind that I enjoy reading very much. The kind that I don't even expect to finish reading. But, much to my astonishment, I found it interesting enough to read. It wasn't 'nice', but it was intriguing. I don't think I understood everything, but I don't have a problem with that. I found Connie Palmen's novel "The Laws" to be rather boring. I know from the book jacket that our narrator Marie is on a journey of self-discovery by learning more about herself through a series of men she meets. The men are fairly dull people that she generally doesn't like all that much, but she continues to see them anyway. I never really figured out what she was learning about herself -- other than the fact she associates with boring men. Tsja... Connie Palmen. Na het lezen van De Vriendschap was ik al niet erg gecharmeerd van deze auteur, maar na een aantal lovende commentaren te hebben gelezen over De Wetten besloot ik de gok er nog eens op te wagen. Het oordeel: een schrijfstijl die me niet echt aanspreekt, strekking en verhaallijn die een beetje kort door de bocht zijn. De laatste vijftig bladzijden maakten het dan weer enigszins goed en leverden het boek toch nog twee sterren op. Misschien was het moment voor mij verkeerd, of misschien ben ik gewoon geen Connie Palmen-persoon. no reviews | add a review
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"Over a period of seven years, a young philosophy student, Marie Deniet, encounters seven men: an astrologer, an epileptic, a philosopher, a priest, a physicist, an artist, and a psychiatrist. In her attempt to comprehend the laws these enigmatic loves have chosen to live by, Deniet questions life, love, and the universe in a voyage of self-discovery that sometimes gives her hope, and sometimes leaves her feeling marooned." "By electing to investigate a woman's sense of self by means of almost exclusive references to men, Connie Palmen triumphantly traverses the worlds of both sexes. An extraordinary success in Holland, where it sold over 150,000 copies and is now in its nineteenth printing, The Laws is an unconventional love story, a fertile novel of ideas, and a brilliantly conceived story of discovery and self-discovery."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.31364Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Netherlandish literatures Dutch Dutch fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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