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BERICHT UIT KLEIN KONSTANTINOPEL - J.M.H. Berckmans (1996)

This is a post in Dutch, about the 7th novel of Flemish cult author Jean-Marie Berckmans, who succumbed to the hardships of anxiety, addiction and bipolar depression in 2008, at 54. Over the years, I’ve been slowly working my way through his oeuvre. I have 3 of his books left, and 3 to reread for a review here.  The title translates as Message from Little Constantinople – Berckmans had moved to a…

BERICHT UIT KLEIN KONSTANTINOPEL - J.M.H. Berckmans (1996)

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HET ZOMERT IN BARAKSTAD - J.M.H. Berckmans (1993)

This is a post in Dutch, about the 5th book of Jean-Marie Berckmans, a Flemish cult author who died at the age of 54, poor and emaciated. From an early age on, Berckmans suffered from psychiatric problems.  I’m slowly reading through his oeuvre: my last review about a short story collection of his dates back over two years. Het zomert in Barakstad could be translated as It’s summer in Shantytown,…

HET ZOMERT IN BARAKSTAD - J.M.H. Berckmans (1993)

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GEHUWDE ROTSEN - Jan Lauwereyns (2021)

For now, a review in Dutch, about what translates as Married Rocks, a contemplative novel by Jan Lauwereyns, a Flemish neuroscientist & poet who lives and works in Japan. Next post should be a review about Kim Stanley Robinson’s Antartica. Jan Lauwereyns (°1969) timmert al een kwarteeuw aan zijn literair oeuvre, ietwat in de marge. Hij is naast schrijver ook neurowetenschapper: hij doceerde…

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ROCK & ROLL MET FRIEDA VINDEVOGEL - J.M.H. Berckmans (1991)

Next post will be about my reread of the Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov. In the meantime, a post in Dutch, again about cult writer Jean-Marie Berckmans, who died in 2008 – after a lifelong struggle with manic-depression, anxiety and addiction. I met him a few times in 2006, and also read his final book back then. After I found another book of his on a flea market in 2016, I started collecting…

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CAFÉ DE RAAF NOG STEEDS GESLOTEN - J.M.H. Berckmans (1990)

CAFÉ DE RAAF NOG STEEDS GESLOTEN – J.M.H. Berckmans (1990)

A post in Dutch, again about cult writer Jean-Marie Berckmans, who died in 2008 – after a lifelong struggle with manic-depression, anxiety and addiction. His books are OOP and hard to find. I’m slowly working my way through his oeuvre. This review is about his 3rd book. The title translates as “The Raven Bar Is Still Closed”. The bar really existed and was situated in the Lange Lozannastraat in…

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VERGEET NIET WAT DE ZEVENSLAPER ZEI - J.M.H. Berckmans (1989)

VERGEET NIET WAT DE ZEVENSLAPER ZEI – J.M.H. Berckmans (1989)

A post in Dutch, about Antwerp author Jean-Marie Berckmans, who died in 2008 – after a lifelong struggle with manic-depression, anxiety and addiction. I’m slowly working my way through his oeuvre. This review is about his so-called 2nd debut, as he disappeared for years from the literary stage after his 1977 debut. Next post will be in English again – on the excellent Perihelion Summer, a 2019…

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