by Tom Lanoye · Uitgeverij Prometheus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789053335710
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«Het goddelijke monster» is the novel by Tom Lanoye, published by Uitgeverij Prometheus in paperback (336 pages, in Dutch).
Katrien Deschryver sees her life as a badly performed theatrical role. After her husband's death in the south of France, she returns to Flanders and discovers a family and a country in decay, marked by silence, corruption and hypocrisy. She explores identity, family and the failure to communicate at the heart of Europe.
First instalment of Tom Lanoye's Monstertrilogie. Originally published in 1997, it received the Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer award in 1998.
For readers of European literary fiction and social criticism set in contemporary Flanders.
Tom Lanoye is a Belgian novelist, poet, columnist, screenwriter and playwright. He is one of the most widely read and honoured authors in his language area, and makes regular appearances at all the major European theatre festivals. He was born in Sint-Niklaas.
