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De vierde man (1981)

by Gerard Reve

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Reve's ironic, self-deprecatory storytelling technique is entertaining and sometimes illuminating, but it can get on your nerves after a while. The narrator in this novella, as usual, is the writer Gerard R. from the city of A. He describes how on a Friday in the 1960s, he went to the southern port of V. (which we're evidently supposed to recognise as Vlissingen) to give a reading, was invited to stay the night by one of the ladies from the literary society, and, although his preference is normally for men, ended up in bed with her. So far, so good, but then the narrator becomes fascinated with a photograph of the woman's German boyfriend, and we get into a silly plot of deceptions and supernatural coincidences. The narrator then jumps outside the frame of the story to explain that these supernatural elements might really have happened, or might just be there to make the whole thing into a closed story. Hmmm.

Worth reading because it's Reve, and Reve is always worth reading, but you can see why this was turned down as a Boekenweek gift. ( )
  thorold | Sep 19, 2009 |
Reve heeft met 'De vierde man' een prachtig verhaal geschreven, vol vaart, humor en mysterie, waarmee hij voor de zoveelste keer meesterlijk aantoont wat een veelzijdig auteur hij is
 
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