Wonder by Hugo Claus

Wonder by Hugo Claus

While exposing the remains of Flemish fascism twenty years after the War, Wonder tracks one man's descent into madness. Victor, a bewildered teacher, pursues a mysterious woman to a castle in a remote village. There he finds himself trapped among a handful of desperate individuals still living out their collaboration with the Nazis. As Victor's sanity begins to crumble, he poses as an expert on their messianic leader, who disappeared at the Russian front but whose return they believe imminent. The rich cadences of the prose and dense emotional texture of characters lost in complex moral labyrinths make Wonder a symphony only Claus could have composed.

Claus, Hugo: - Hugo Claus (1929-2008) received more prizes and awards than any contemporary writer in Dutch or Flemish; he was the recipient of seven state prizes in Belgium, the Prize for Dutch Literature, and the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding for his body of work. Born in Bruges in 1929, he is the author of the novels Wonder, Desire, The Swordfish, Mild Destruction, Rumors, and The Duck Hunt, in addition to The Sorrow of Belgium, his magnum opus of postwar Europe. He has published several volumes of poetry and many plays. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages.

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ISBN 13	9780980033014
ISBN 10	0980033012
Titel	Wonder
Autor	Hugo Claus
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Archipelago Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2009-05-08
Seitenanzahl	338
Preise	Winner of Literary Award (Translation) 2010
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