Sorrow of Belgium

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781585672387
  • Weight: 218g
  • Dimensions: 127 x 222mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Mar 2003
  • Publisher: Overlook Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Recounts the story of the emotional, sexual, and political coming of age of Louis Seynaeve, during the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II. Reprint.
Hugo Claus was born in Bruges, Belgium, in 1929, and his work has been translated into more than nine languages. He is Holland's most esteemed contemporary writer and has been a candidate for the Nobel Prize.