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    In a Dark Wood: A Novel
    In a Dark Wood: A Novel
    In a Dark Wood: A Novel
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    In a Dark Wood: A Novel

    By Marcel Möring

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    In a rich tapestry of styles, fantasy, and philosophical speculations, Marcel Möring leads us on a voyage through the dark heart of the twentieth century and through a vivid exploration of loss and guilt. Loosely based on Dante's Inferno, this ambitious and enthralling novel—an in-depth study of Europeans' angst and fear after the Holocaust—confirms Möring's place among "the ranks of the most important European writers of his generation" (Die Welt).

    1945. Jacob Noah emerges from hiding to discover that his family has perished under the Nazis. Rebuilding his life, Noah becomes a shoemaker in the Dutch town of Assen. Over the years, he patiently expands his business and eventually becomes the city's most influential entrepreneur. Yet success cannot alleviate his loneliness and suffering nor the tragedy of history.

    Nearly forty years later, this dispirited, loveless man veers off the road in a tragic accident. But instead of entering death's abyss, Noah finds himself on a journey through his soul. Guided by a peddler, he descends into the town's smoky center, a manmade hell reminiscent of Dante's Inferno. But it is not until he encounters a young man named Marcus Kolpa, a respected intellectual struggling with the implications of his Jewish identity and the shared history of his people, that Noah is able to truly understand the meaning of his own life and the tragedies he has experienced.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 20, 2010
    ISBN9780062008664
    In a Dark Wood: A Novel
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    Marcel Möring

    Holland’s most famous author, Marcel Möring, was born in 1957 in Enschede, and he now lives in Rotterdam. He decided to become a writer at the age of thirteen. After studying Dutch literature for two years and writing and directing plays, Möring published his aclaimed first novel, ‘Mendels Erfenis’ in 1990. His second, ‘Het Grote Verlangen’ (‘The Great Longing’) won the AKO Prize, the Dutch equivalent of the Booker Prize, and sold over 100,000 copies in the Netherlands alone.

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      Een heel goed boek. Het begint met een anekdote uit de tweede wereldoorlog, en de rest van het boek is een vervolg op die anekdote. Het verhaal gaat over een aantal mensen. De hoofdpersoon is degene uit de anekdote, de anderen zijn familie (een deel van de famieligeschiedenis wordt beschreven) en een deel is aanhang, of aanhang van de aanhang.Wat er in het begin van het boek in de oorlog gebeurt bepaalt het leven van de hoofdpersoon Jakob Noach, zoals waarschijnlijk voor veel mensen de oorlog een deel van hun leven heeft bepaald. Ik denk dat er wel een en ander in het boek autobiografisch is, maar niet de hoofdpersoon.

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