by Hella S. Haasse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789021464718
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«Zwanen schieten» is an autobiographical and fictional narrative by Hella S. Haasse, published by Querido in 1997 in paperback (128 pages, in Dutch).
In 1985, during a train journey from France to the Netherlands, the author sees a solitary archer in a forest and then a wounded swan; these images unleash her imagination. The narrative links her family past, with two dominant grandmothers and a brother who emigrated to Australia, with the construction of a fictional story.
For readers interested in autobiographical narrative and contemporary Dutch literature.
Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally acclaimed magnum opus is Heren van de Thee, translated to The Tea Lords. In 1988 Haasse was chosen to interview the Dutch Queen for her 50th birthday after which celebrated Dutch author Adriaan van Dis called Haasse "the Queen among authors".
