The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories

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<p><b><i>''</i>The stories here will provoke, delight and impress. Joost Zwagerman''s selection forms a fascinating guidebook to a landscape you''ll surely want to wander in again.'' Clare Lowden, <i>TLS</i></b><br><br><b>''There is a lot of northern European melancholy in the collection, though often tinged with wry humour...an excellent book'' Jonathan Gibbs, <i>Minor Literatures</i><br></b><i><br><b>''</b></i><b><i>We were kids </i><i>- </i><i>but good kids. If </i><i>I may say so myself. We</i><i>''</i><i>re much smarter now, so smart it</i><i>''</i><i>s pathetic. Except for Bavink, who went crazy</i><i>''</i></b><br><br>A husband forms gruesome plans for his new fridge; a government employee has a haunting experience on his commute home; prisoners serve as entertainment for wealthy party guests; an army officer suffers a monstrous tropical illness. These short stories contain some of the most groundbreaking and innovative writing in Dutch literature from 1915 to the present day, w