by Tom Lanoye · Uitgeverij Prometheus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789057131943
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«Kartonnen dozen» is the autobiographical novel by Tom Lanoye, published by Uitgeverij Prometheus in paperback (147 pages, in Dutch).
Lanoye recalls his youth in Flanders: the Catholic education, his father's butcher shop, the four women who raised him, and the discovery of sexuality through an intense schoolboy love. The narrative interweaves family memory with the formation of a young man beginning to recognize his identity and literary vocation.
It is the second instalment of the De Wase trilogy. The work was originally published in 1991 and won the Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer prize in 1992.
For readers of Dutch literature and coming-of-age stories with LGBTQ+ themes and an autobiographical tone.
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.
