Tom Lanoye

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• Gelukkige slaven

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  Libris 2014 · Shortlist

  Fortunate Slaves

  Gelukkige slaven

  Tom Lanoye · 55 when first published

  Novel · 288 pages · Satire

  AIAI-generated summary:Two Belgians who share the name Tony Hanssen try to get out of trouble on different continents, one in a South African game reserve, the other in a squeaky hotel bed in Buenos Aires.

• Sprakeloos

  In English

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  Libris 2010 · Shortlist

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  Sprakeloos

  Tom Lanoye · 51 when first published

  Novel · 384 pages · Autofiction, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:After a stroke, a Flemish butcher's wife and flamboyant amateur actress loses her power of speech and slowly declines. Her son, a writer, delays and doubts before he starts to build her a monument in words.

• Het derde huwelijk

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  Libris 2007 · Shortlist

  Het derde huwelijk

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Third Marriage”

  Tom Lanoye · 48 when first published

  Novel · 337 pages · Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:Maarten Seebregs, a jobless gay man in his fifties with a fatal illness, accepts money to marry a young African woman, Tamara, on paper so that she can stay in Europe.