The Movo Tapes
After seven years of silence A.F.Th. van der Heijden has published 'De Movo' Tapes, the ‘zeroth’ volume of the Homo duplex – ‘split human’ – series that, according to a list of titles in the front of the book, will extend over nine volumes.
Original title
De Movo Tapes
Author
A.F.Th. van der Heijden
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There is not one author in the Dutch language who equals A.F.Th. in magically transforming these high-flown philosophical theories into such sparkling prose, quivering with life.
De Morgen
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'The Movo Tapes' is a very special book, chockfull of overwhelming verbal fireworks – even if it’s primarily beginnings, promises, and announcements of what is still to come in the rest of the series.
De Groene Amsterdammer
Actually it’s shamelessly over the top, that’s plain as the nose on your face. But at the same time it is so well written, and with so much talent, that all possible objections are pushed away by all the qualities that are present in the text. A balancing act of the kind that one seldom encounters.
NRC Handelsblad
A.F.Th. van der Heijden
A.F.Th. van der Heijden (b. 1951) studied psychology and philosophy in Nijmegen, but after moving to Amsterdam he turned to writing.