Those who have been dazzled by the beauty of brightly-coloured fields of flowers in full bloom immediately behind the dunes of the Dutch coast, will be familiar with the landscape of Margriet de Moor’s fourth novel. Zee-Binnen opens with: ‘Let’s just call this the story of a road.’
Translation of:
Zee-binnen
Year of publishing: 2003
Publisher: Seuil; Paris
Binding: paperback
Danielle Losman
Fiction
French
Literair Productiefonds
Present in library Dutch Foundation for Literature
Margriet de Moor (b. 1941) debuted with a collection of stories, Op de rug gezien (Seen From Behind, 1988). A year later, Dubbelportret (Double Portrait) appeared, three novellas in one volume. Together these publications earned her the Van der Hoogt Prize. De Moor’s highly praised first novel…
