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René Kurpershoek

    Hideous Kinky
    The enchanter
    The Suffrage of Elvira
    The Alington Inheritance
    Monsignor Quixote
    The Spider's House
    • Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, The Spider's House is perhaps Paul Bowles's most beautifully subtle novel, richly descriptive of its setting and uncompromising in its characterizations. Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures -- recurrent themes of Paul Bowles's writings -- The Spider's House is dramatic, brutally honest, and shockingly relevant to today's political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere.

      The Spider's House
      4,0
    • Monsignor Quixote

      • 221 stron
      • 8 godzin czytania

      "A direct descendant of his famous namesake, Father Quixote is a humble parish priest. By chance he is advanced to Monsignor, resulting in furor in the bishopric. Quixote and his friend Sancho Zancas, the Communist ex-mayor of the village, leave for a pilgrimage across Spain."--Container.

      Monsignor Quixote
      4,0
    • The Alington Inheritance

      • 222 strony
      • 8 godzin czytania

      When 17-year-old orphan Jenny Hill discovers that she is the rightful owner of the Alington estate, she searches for the paperwork to prove it. When Jenny overhears her relatives plotting against her, she flees. It will take all of Miss Silver's wiles to cut this familial knot without getting hopelessly ensnared.

      The Alington Inheritance
      3,5
    • In this book, an old, comically timid and absent-minded man, Surujpat Harbans, runs for office, aided by superstition, bribes, and an aggressive compaign.

      The Suffrage of Elvira
      3,8
    • The enchanter

      • 128 stron
      • 5 godzin czytania

      Beginning the theme that continued with LOLITA, a man attempts to justify his erotic obsession with a young girl by marrying her ailing mother, whose death soon leaves him as the sole guardian of the pre-pubescent child.

      The enchanter
      3,7
    • When her mother decides to take her and her sister away from life as they know it and move to Morocco, a five-year-old English school girl embarks on an adventure-filled romp through northern Africa.

      Hideous Kinky
      3,2
    • Loflied op Clio

      Huizinga-lezing, 1991

      • 40 stron
      • 2 godziny czytania

      Loflied op Clio is de integrale tekst van de Huizinga-lezing 1991.

      Loflied op Clio
    • Ondertussen in Dopamine City

      • 432 strony
      • 16 godzin czytania

      Een vader wil zijn kind beschermen tegen de nieuwe wereld, maar moet zich daar zelf aan aanpassen.

      Ondertussen in Dopamine City
    • Orlando: De glazen stolp

      • 244 strony
      • 9 godzin czytania

      Terugblik van een jonge vrouw op een crisisperiode die zij op 19-jarige leeftijd doormaakte en waarin zij ingrijpende psychiatrische behandelingen moest ondergaan.

      Orlando: De glazen stolp