In the new novel by the author of the world-wide bestseller The Dinner,
Herman Koch turns his brilliantly acid and forensic eye to the
green-eyed monster: the all-too human emotion of jealousy.
Robert Walter, the popular mayor of Amsterdam, begins to suspect that
his wife is cheating on him with one of his aldermen. Though he is
happily married, he has always wondered why his wife, born and raised
in a distant country, chose him above his brilliant and good-looking
physicist friend Bernhard.
When, to add to his concerns, he becomes the subject of accusations
relating to his past, at the same time his parents force him to address
issues of their mortality. This apparently stable and successful man
begins to become consumed by fantasies of jealousy and paranoia.
Or does he? Is Robert finally beginning to see the world – and his life
– as they are, for the first time?
As page-turning and gripping as The Dinner, Koch’s new novel confronts
us with questions that haunt us all. Who can we trust? Do we deserve
our lives or owe them only to luck? And is it when we are depressed
that we see the world most clearly?
General
Imprint: |
Picador
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2019 |
Authors: |
Herman Koch
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Translators: |
Sam Garrett
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Dimensions: |
148 x 210 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5098-8345-5 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
Dutch
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-5098-8345-2 |
Barcode: |
9781509883455 |
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