Books by Gerbrand Bakker (6)
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Boven is het stil by Gerbrand Bakker NL
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Op een afgelegen boerderij in het veenweidegebied ten noordoosten van Amsterdam verzorgt een vijftigjarige boerenzoon zijn doodzieke vader.
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Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
La visita de la Reina, un trágico accidente, una familia dividida: una nueva novela magistral del premiado Gerbrand Bakker.
Un día de verano, el 17 de junio de 1969, todos se reunieron frente al Polderhuis para recibir a la reina Juliana. Los jóvenes hijos del granjero Kaan agitan sus banderas con entusiasmo. Justo cuando la monarca se sube a su auto para irse, su madre y la pequeña Hanne llegan tarde: la Reina acaricia la mejilla de la niña y le ofrece majestuosamente la mano a Anna Kaan. Habría sido un día de celebración inolvidable si... continue
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The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2013 A Dutch woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is Emilie. She is a lecturer doing some research, and sets about making the farmhouse more homely. When she arrives there are ten geese living in the garden but one by one they disappear. Perhaps it's the work of a local fox. She has fled from an unbearable situation having recently confessed to an affair with one of her students. In Amsterdam, her stunned husband forms a strange partnership with a detective who agrees to help him trace her. They board the ferry to Hull on C... continue
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The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brother's role and spending the rest of his days with his head under a cow. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while?
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Todo está tranquilo arriba by Gerbrand Bakker ES
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Helmer es un granjero que, con cincuenta y cinco años y una vida marcada por la soledad, está a punto de tomar las riendas de su vida. Gerbrand Bakker nos envuelve en los pensamientos de un protagonista que trata de entender su propio aislamiento a través de un lenguaje directo que nos divierte, emociona y nos lleva a preguntarnos el porqué de nuestras propias decisiones. Los constantes viajes entre el pasado y el presente nos hacen partícipes de una historia que podría haber sido diferente.