Name: The Latecomer
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Author: Dimitri Verhulst
ISBN: 9781846275678

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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 144
Utgivningsdatum: 2016-03-03
Utmärkelser: Long-listed for International Dublin Literary Award 2018 (Ireland)
Förlag: Granta Books
Översättare: David Colmer
Dimensioner: 216 x 135 x 10 mm
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ISBN: 9781846275678

Dsir Cordier - mild-mannered former librarian, put-upon husband, lover of boules - is losing his mind. Or is he? Happily tucked away in the Winterlight Home for the Elderly, Dsir is looking forward to a quiet retirement with the other forgetful residents, safe in the knowledge that no one knows he's faking his memory loss. And as if there weren't reasons enough to opt out of the modern world, it would be worth it just to see Rosa Rozendaal again - the love of Dsir's youth, the one who got away. But dementia isn't all fun and games. There's a former war criminal hiding out in the home; once-beautiful Rosa might be too far gone to return Dsir's ardour; and our hero soon begins to suspect he might not be the only one in Winterlight who's acting a part... A tender love story of demented minds and honourable hearts, and a razor-sharp satire of the indignities of old age and the callousness of caregiving, The Latecomer excoriates our society and asks: might we all be better off forgetting?

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A raging against the dying of the light, with wicked observations and cynicism -- Lesley McDowell * Sunday Herald * [There are] evil laughs on every page -- Jane Graham * Big Issue *

DIMITRI VERHULST (b. 1972) is the author of many award-winning books in his native Flemish, four of which have previously been translated into English. His work is published in two dozen languages worldwide. DAVID COLMER is a multi-award winning translator whose work includes translations of Hugo Claus, Adriaan van Dis, Anna Enquist and Arthur Japin. In 2012 he was awarded the Dutch Foundation for Literature prize for lifetime achievement in translation.