'Our society is in a marriage crisis'. Ernest van der Kwast on his new novel Ilyas

by A Quattro Mani
27 October 202030 March 2022
7 min read
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Uitgerekend corona-minister Hugo de Jonge, in 2017 nog wethouder in Rotterdam, was degene die schrijver Ernest van der Kwast op een nieuw spoor in zijn leven bracht. Een pad dat leidde naar zijn nieuwe roman Ilyas. In zijn talkshow Rotterdam Late Night sprak Van der Kwast met De Jonge over diens programma om 7000 Rotterdamse jongeren uit de problemen te helpen, en stelde kritische vragen over de mentoren die dit moesten gaan begeleiden. Geërgerd zei De Jonge: ‘Waarom ga je het eigenlijk niet zel...

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A Quattro Mani

Photographer Marc Brester and journalist Vivian de Gier can read and write with each other - literally. As partners in crime, they travel the world for various media, for reviews of the finest literature and personal interviews with the writers who matter. Ahead of the troops and beyond the delusion of the day.View Author posts

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