The Misfortunates

Frank, tender, and brutally funny, this is a comic and entertaining story about a boy growing up in a family of desperate alcoholics

About the author

Born in Belgium in 1972, Dimitri Verhulst is the author of a collection of short stories, a volume of poetry and several novels, including Problemski Hotel (Marion Boyars) which was translated into English in 2003. All his books are widely translated in Europe and receive a lot of critical praiseDavid Colmer has translated more than twenty books, including novels, poetry and children's fiction, by authors including Hugo Claus, Adriaan van Dis, Anna Enquist and Arthur Japin. He is a recipient of the PEN translation prize and is the four-time winner of David Reid Poetry Translation Prize. In 2010 his translation of Gerbrand Bakker's Boven is het stil (The Twin) won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 2012 he was awarded the Dutch Foundation for Literature prize for lifetime achievement in translation.

Summary

Frank, tender, and brutally funny, this is a comic and entertaining story about a boy growing up in a family of desperate alcoholics

Product details

• Authors: David Colmer, Dimitri Verhulst
• Assisted by: David Colmer (Translation)
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2013
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 148 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945)