New chance for two magnificent stories that stood the test of time

by Onno Weggemans
19 December 201630 March 2022
6 min read
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Twee van de mooiste verhalen uit de wereldliteratuur zijn recentelijk opnieuw uitgegeven. De doden (1914) van James Joyce en De klerk Bartleby (1853) van Herman Melville hebben de tand des tijds moeiteloos weerstaan. Ze zijn nog steeds prachtig om te lezen.
‘Zijn ziel ebde langzaam weg, toen hij het zachtjes hoorde sneeuwen door het heelal en zachtjes sneeuwen in het laatste uur over levenden en doden.’
Er zijn van die slotregels die je altijd bijblijven. Die je een keer hebt gelezen en nooit me...

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Onno Weggemans

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