Forbidden Kingdom

"His personal involvement and his unique style—sometimes clipped and ironic, at other times lyrical and visionary—give his books a place of their own in the history of the novel." - R.P. Meijer, Literature of the Low Countries "In his prose he is great and irresistible." - Bert Schierbeek, De Groene Amsterdammer Informationen zum Autor Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (1898-1936) was born in the Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. After a childhood plagued by bouts of asthma, he studied medicine in Amsterdam, where he also began writing poetry, before beginning to work as a ship's surgeon. His first work was published in 1921, and by the end of his life he was considered one of the most important writers in Dutch. Klappentext The book interweaves three narratives, separated in time but linked by a common association with the 'forbidden kingdom' of China. His personal involvement and his unique style-sometimes clipped and ironic, at other times lyrical and visionary-give his books a place of their own in the history of the novel -- R.P. Meijer Literature of the Low Countries In his prose he is great and irresistible -- Bert Schierbeek De Groene Amsterdammer A 1930s Cloud Atlas - a classic of Dutch literature Zusammenfassung The book interweaves three narratives, separated in time but linked by a common association with the 'forbidden kingdom' of China.

Product details

• Authors: Slauerhoff Jan Jacob, Jacob Slauerhoff, Jacob Jan Slauerhoff, Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, Jan Jacob (Author) Slauerhoff, Paul Vincent
• Assisted by: Paul Vincent (Translation), Paul (Translator) Vincent (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781906548889
• ISBN: 978-1-906548-88-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Pushkin Collection; Pushkin Collection
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature