What are some worthwhile Dutch books? I'm thinking of moving

You want books written in dutch or books about the netherlands?

>>9581092
>worthwhile Dutch books
Don't exist

>>9581260
Written in Dutch to supplement learning the language.

>>9581270
nescio

>>9581274
this

>>9581270
read harry potter side by side with the english version

>>9581092
Gerard Reve - De avonden
Willem Frederik Hermans - Nooit meer slapen
Just avoid Mulisch and Grunberg.
>>9581274
and this

>>9581092
Cees Nooteboom is decent in my opinion.

>Op de dag dat Inni Wintrop zelfmoord pleegde stonden de aandelen Philips 149.60. De slotkoers van de Amsterdamse Bank was 375 geweest en Scheepvaart Unie was gezakt naar 141,50.

>>9581092
Huizinga, Erasmus, Maeterlinck, Hooft, Vondel, hendrik conscience, Hugo Claus

>>9581513
What about Ferdinand Bordewijk? I saw Karakter the movie years ago, recently looked him up but I couldn't find anything of his in translation. Too bad, because I had read some intriguing reviews. Anyone here read him?

>>9581537
De Avonden is definitely translated because I have it.

>>9581536
I read Karakter a very long time ago. I can't remember too much of it. The movie has a slightly different ending than the book iirc.

>>9581540
I think it's only been translated quite recently.

>>9581540
old pic

>>9581513
Grunberg is pretty good IMO, read Blue Mondays and Tirza.
Also Herman Brusselmans even though he's Flemish.

Simon Vestdijk

Does anyone know Dutch science fiction, by the way? Only author I can think of is Tonke Dragt, and that's for kids (though it's very good).

J.J. Voskuil - Het Bureau

Nescio, Couperus, Nijhoff, Mulisch, Reve, Hermans

>>9582079
I wouldn't recommend Couperus to a foreigner trying to learn the language, as his prose is pretty damn archaic.

>>9581523
That sentence set my expectations way too high. Was disappointed for the rest of the book.

Harry mullisch - De Aanslag

>>9581540
Need to update Waning (which is an abridgement) with The Autumn of the Middle Ages, which is the full thing, and great. Another influential Huizinga title which should be added is Homo Ludens.

Last month I found myself in Groeningen drunkenly talking about literature with a Dutch philology student. I asked to note down a few worthwhile Dutch authors and that's the list he came up with
>Harry mulischr
>Willem frederik hermans
>Tommy wieringa
>Bietenstampot

How good/bad did he do? I know the last one is a sort of vegetable dish but he decided to include it for some reason

>>9581092
Read bint by Bordewijk, best Dutch book there is.

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De Kapellekensbaan - Louis Paul Boon
Lijmen/Het Been - Willem Elsschot
Het Verdriet van België - Hugo Claus

De Donkere Kamer van Damokles - Willem Frederik Hermans
De Avonden - Gerard Reve

Wait, are there non-dutch people here who actually read dutch books or is it all dutch people making these recommendations?

>>9583878
Non-Dutchman reporting. If your study's early modern Europe youre reading Erasmus, youre reading Huizinga.

>>9581536

Bordewijk is pretty good, he wrote some fascinating short stories like "Bint" which is about a teacher. Been a while since I read Bordewijk though.

Good recs, I'll add
De eeuwige jachtvelden (Tepper)
La Superba (Pfeijffer)

>>9581513
De Avonden is notoriously difficult to really get as a foreigner because the sceneries it describes are so through and through Dutch, like 'kringverjaardagen'

This went better than I expected, thanks for the recommendations.

>>9581991
Grünberg is pretty much garbage, but the rest of the recommendations in this tread are spot on "Het Stenen Bruidsbed" by Mulisch and "Kort Amerikaans" are also good.
Hersenschimmen by Bernlef too.

Dutch scifi writer: Felix Thijssen, Thea Beckman's Kinderen van Moeder Aarde is pretty good for basically YA

>>9585465
>Thea Beckman's Kinderen van Moeder Aarde
I did read Het Gulden Vlies van Thule, 3rd part of the trilogy, but not the first part, for some reason.
I'll look into Felix Thijssen, thanks.