Collected prose

Title: Collected Prose

Writer: Jan Hanlo

Binding: Hardcover

EAN: 9789028241978

Condition: As new

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Description:
That literature is made by loners applies in particular to the poet-writer Jan Hanlo, whose work actually represents a movement in itself. On the occasion of Hanlo's 100th birthday on 29 May 2012, his Collected Prose will be published in one volume in thin print with the typical Hanlo motto 'A pea as big as a football is not a pea'. 'Think of steak with pea pods,' Hanlo continues, 'a guest in a restaurant does not have to be satisfied with one large pea: he did not order that.' Is this fun? That depends on how you look at it. It is certain that Hanlo had a playful spirit, and nevertheless led a lonely life, in which he could regard the Dutch language as perhaps his best friend. It has resulted in one of the most remarkable and varied, and certainly the most idiosyncratic literary oeuvre that Dutch literature has to offer. His books In een gewoon rijtuig (1966) and Moelmer (1967) were published during his lifetime. These two open the Collected Prose. They are followed by the posthumously published autobiographical texts Go to the Mosk (1971, about Hanlo's stay in Morocco) and Zonder geluk valt niemand van het dak (1972, about his experiences in a psychiatric clinic). It is concluded with Mijn benul, a broad selection made from his posthumous work in 1974. Furthermore, a number of scattered (bibliophile) published and previously uncollected prose texts were included. Finally, all the prose work of this unique outsider in Dutch literature is now available to everyone again.