by Jan Siebelink · De Bezige Bij · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789023416654
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«Knielen op een bed violen» is the novel by Jan Siebelink, published by De Bezige Bij in 2005 (446 pages, in Dutch).
The novel follows Hans Sievez, a man who grows up in a strict Calvinist family and, after becoming independent, marrying and setting up a nursery, joins an orthodox and separatist current of the church. The text focuses on the suffering this religious offshoot causes to his wife and children, and on the conflict between faith and family life.
Work originally published in 2005 by De Bezige Bij in paperback.
Recommended for readers of Dutch fiction and those interested in novels exploring orthodox Calvinism and family tensions.
Jan Geurt Siebelink is a Dutch author. In 2005, he wrote the novel Knielen op een bed violen that sold over 700,000 copies. In 1991, he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for De overkant van de rivier.
