The Walker
Mr Mulder seems to all appearances to be a upstanding gentleman, gliding through life, impeccably dressed, aloof to the hustle and bustle of the world around him. Because of a sizeable inheritance he can afford to idle away his time, and so he leaves Holland for Paris, where he leads an anonymous, solitary existence. One night he witnesses a dramatic fire in a building occupied by illegal immigrants and transients. People throw themselves out of windows in blind panic, as the crowd below looks on helplessly.
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Original title
De wandelaar
Author
Adriaan van Dis
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Adriaan van Dis is a master of self-effacement, and ironizes in a subtle manner the yearning to ‘do something’ about the suffering in the world. He has succeeded in writing a novel that rubs the reader’s nose in today’s news.
NRC Handelsblad
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'De wandelaar' is a witness to powerlessness and anger, and yet also of empathy with the tormented metropolitan society in the Western world. algemeen dagblad A topical novel that poses urgent questions. The unity of time and place ensures that the narrative remains compact, while the pace and fluent style do the rest.
Elsevier
The fact that 'De wandelaar' emerges as an invigorating reading experience is due to the deft style that is Van Dis’s trade mark. Smooth sentences, elegant and acute phrasing, apt characterization, it’s all there.
Brabants Dagblad
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Adriaan van Dis
Adriaan van Dis (1946) is the author of an extensive and highly acclaimed literary oeuvre that has been translated into 18 languages and honoured with numerous awards and nominations. .