Amuse-Bouche

Arnon Grunberg, Lisa Friedman (trs.)

Amuse-Bouche

A book of short stories about urban life in contemporary Europe. 4.0 out of 5 based on 1 reviews
Amuse-Bouche

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Classification Fiction
Genre Short Stories
Format Paperback
Pages 258
RRP £7.95
Date of Publication October 2008
ISBN 978-1905583164
Publisher Comma Press
 

A book of short stories about urban life in contemporary Europe.

Reviews

The Independent

Boyd Tonkin

Deadpan, offbeat, quirkily comic but steeped in loneliness, these early stories and sketches by the leading Dutch writer (translated by Lisa Friedman and Ron de Klerk) add up to a portrait of the artist as a young vagabond and freeloader. Some draw in their raw and tender humour on Grunberg's Jewish family background in Amsterdam, peopled with relatives who – like many of these vulnerable oddballs – live "on the periphery of the human race".

20/03/2009

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