The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
Autor Hendrik Groen Traducere de Hester Velmansen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 iul 2017
'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh'Woman and Home
'Funny and touching' BBC Radio 4
Meet Hendrik Groen. An octogenarian in a care home who has no intention of doing what he's told, or dying quietly. To that end, he creates the Old-But-Not-Dead Club and with his fellow members sets about living his final years with careless abandon. Such anarchism infuriates the care home director but pleases Eefje, the woman who makes Hendrik's frail heart palpitate. If it's never too late to have fun, then can it ever be too late to meet the love of your life?
'So much more than just a comedy' John Boyne
'A story with a great deal of heart' Graeme Simsion,The Rosie Project
'Amusing and wickedly accurate. A handbook of resistance for our time.'Sunday Express
'Very funny' Jeremy PaxmanFinancial Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405924009
ISBN-10: 1405924004
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1405924004
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Hendrik
Groen
(Author)
Hendrik Groenchooses to be an anonymous author to highlight social inequality. He started his diaries on the literary website ofTorpedomagazine.
Hester Velmans (Translator)
Hester Velmans is the author of two popular children's novels and a translator specializing in modern fiction. Her translation of Renate Dorrestein'sA Heart of Stonewon the Vondel Prize for Translation and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her translation of Lulu Wang'sThe Lily Theaterwas aNew York TimesNotable Book of the Year. Her children's bookIsabel of the Whalesnow has a sibling: the second in the Whales Series,Jessaloup's Song(age 10 and up).
Hendrik Groenchooses to be an anonymous author to highlight social inequality. He started his diaries on the literary website ofTorpedomagazine.
Hester Velmans (Translator)
Hester Velmans is the author of two popular children's novels and a translator specializing in modern fiction. Her translation of Renate Dorrestein'sA Heart of Stonewon the Vondel Prize for Translation and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her translation of Lulu Wang'sThe Lily Theaterwas aNew York TimesNotable Book of the Year. Her children's bookIsabel of the Whalesnow has a sibling: the second in the Whales Series,Jessaloup's Song(age 10 and up).
Recenzii
'A
great
deal
of
heart'Graeme
Simsion'Praised
for
its
wit'BBC
Radio
4
Front
Row'When
I'm
an
old
man,
I
want
to
be
Hendrik
Groen'John
Boyne'I
laughed
until
I
cried'David
Suchet'Thoughtful,
anxious
and
gruff...
Laced
with
humour'Mail
on
Sunday'Amusing
[and]
wickedly
accurate'Sunday
Express
A story with a great deal of heart, it pulled me in with its self-deprecating humour, finely drawn characters and important themes. Anyone who hopes to grow old with dignity will have much to reflect on
Thoughtful, anxious and gruff... Laced with humour
Full of off-beat charm and quirky characters
A joy to read, as much concerned with friendship and dignity as it is with the debilitating effects of aging ... An entertaining and uplifting story of a man in the winter of his days, stoic in the face of bureaucratic nonsense and an unabashed need to wear a nappy. Imagined or not, this is the diary of someone who wants nothing more than to be allowed see out his days with dignity and respect. It's not too much to ask, really, is it?
Amusing [and] wickedly accurate ... I was constantly put in mind ofOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, another comi-tragedy concerning the tyranny of institutions of the unwanted. Enjoy Groen's light touch but do not be fooled by it. We live in an ageing society.The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groenis a handbook of resistance for our time. ***** FIVE STARS
Hendrik Groen is king
Highly entertaining ... a delightful and touching saga of one man's way of coping with old age ... we may assume that Hendrik Groen is a character of fiction. But it is a fiction so closely based on the observation of real life that it is utterly convincing
Hendrik pens an exposé of his care home, sets up the Old-But-Not-Dead club and relishes the arrival of a new female resident. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh and think. Terrific
A story with a great deal of heart, it pulled me in with its self-deprecating humour, finely drawn characters and important themes. Anyone who hopes to grow old with dignity will have much to reflect on
Thoughtful, anxious and gruff... Laced with humour
Full of off-beat charm and quirky characters
A joy to read, as much concerned with friendship and dignity as it is with the debilitating effects of aging ... An entertaining and uplifting story of a man in the winter of his days, stoic in the face of bureaucratic nonsense and an unabashed need to wear a nappy. Imagined or not, this is the diary of someone who wants nothing more than to be allowed see out his days with dignity and respect. It's not too much to ask, really, is it?
Amusing [and] wickedly accurate ... I was constantly put in mind ofOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, another comi-tragedy concerning the tyranny of institutions of the unwanted. Enjoy Groen's light touch but do not be fooled by it. We live in an ageing society.The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groenis a handbook of resistance for our time. ***** FIVE STARS
Hendrik Groen is king
Highly entertaining ... a delightful and touching saga of one man's way of coping with old age ... we may assume that Hendrik Groen is a character of fiction. But it is a fiction so closely based on the observation of real life that it is utterly convincing
Hendrik pens an exposé of his care home, sets up the Old-But-Not-Dead club and relishes the arrival of a new female resident. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh and think. Terrific