by Arthur Japin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789029523455
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«Een schitterend gebrek» is the historical novel by Arthur Japin, published by De Arbeiderspers in paperback (239 pages, in Dutch).
Lucía and Casanova fall in love at a party near Venice, but she disappears shortly after. Years later they meet again in Amsterdam without him recognising her, hidden behind a veil. That encounter leads her to recall her youth in the Veneto, her brief and passionate love, the illness that marked her and her new life in Amsterdam.
Originally published in 2003. It won the Libris Literatuurprijs 2004 and the De Inktaap prize 2005, and was nominated for the Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction, interested in contemporary Dutch literature.
Arthur Valentijn Japin is a Dutch novelist. He has won almost every prestigious prize in Dutch literature, including the Libris Prize for his 2005 novel Een Schitterend Gebrek.
