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De hand, de kaars & de mot
“The Hand, the Candle & the Moth” (title translated by AI)
Rob van der Linden (born 1957)
English editions
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Countless stories crowd this debut. Manus keeps a Vivo grocery in Haarlem's Vogelenbuurt and preaches as a prophet, ensnaring the mother of a Catholic household. Pieter van der Kleij assembles a genealogy in which a relative of Pichegru sports a fish's tail. Margarine's inventor and a Grail quest feed in too, amid faith gone mad, memories of war and buried family matters.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 334 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Netherlands
- First published
- 2002 by Meulenhoff
- Author's age
- 45 when first published
- ISBN
9789029072151 (original)