De Avonden
 Cover of the first edition of De avonden. Gerard Reve used the pseudonym Simon van het Reve for this edition. | |
| Author | Gerard Reve |
|---|---|
| Language | Dutch |
| Publisher | De Bezige Bij |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-90-234-5573-8 |
| OCLC | 35952069 |
| 839.3 | |
| LC Class | PT5881.28.E9 A95 1972 |
De avonden (The evenings) is a 1947 novel by Gerard Reve. Reve wrote the book under the pseudonym Simon van het Reve. It was released on 1 November 1947.
De avonden describes ten evenings out of the life of the 23-year-old office clerk Frits van Egters. The book is partitioned in 10 chapters which each describe an evening (between 22 and 31 December 1946).
In 1988 a film adaptation was made. In a 2002 poll, members of the Society for Dutch Literature ranked De Avonden first among works since 1900 in the Dutch canon.[1]
In 2007 De avonden was named as one of the Top 10 Dutch language novels of all time by readers of the newspaper NRC Handelsblad.[2]
The novel was adapted into a comic book adaptation by Dick Matena. [3]
Literature
- S.Hubregtse (1989): Gerard Reve, De avonden. In: Lexicon van literaire werken (Dutch).
- E. Kummer & H. Verhaar (1976): Over De avonden van Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (Dutch)
References
- ↑ Stipriaan, René van (June 2002). "De Nederlandse klassieken anno 2002". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ Steinz, Pieter (March 12, 2007). "Het beste boek voor mannen én vrouwen". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/matena.htm
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.