Ferdinand Bordewijk

Character

A Novel of Father and Son

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This affecting story is the basis of the Academy Award-winning film Character, named the best foreign film of 1998. In reviewing the film, Roger Ebert called the tale dark, bitter, and fascinating-about hatred so deep that it can only be ended with a knife...It evokes some of the darker episodes of Dickens and also, in its focus on the grind of poverty and illegitimacy, reflects the twisted stories of family secrets by that grim Victorian, George Gissing. It is essentially the story of a young man growing up and making good, by pluck and intelligence, but all of his success comes out of the desire to spite his father. Ferdinand Bordewijk's pr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-56663-227-0
EAN: 9781566632270
Produktnummer: 9083123
Verlag: Ivan R. Dee
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Seitenangabe: 292 S.
Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D1.7 cm 335 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 335

Über den Autor

Ferdinand Bordewijk, who was awarded the Dutch State Prize for literature, wrote more than forty books. Character, the best known of his novels, appears to reflect much of Bordewijk's own experience in the law.