Gipharts bloemlezing loopt, in omgekeerd chronologische volgorde, van Lodewijk van Deyssels De kleine republiek (1888) tot De belofte van Pisa van Mano Bouzamour (2013). Een recent overzicht onder redactie van Ronald Giphart laat zien dat je moeiteloos honderd boeiende coming-of-age verhalen, ruim geïnterpreteerd, uit de laatste eeuw bij elkaar kunt sprokkelen. © internationales literaturfestival berlinHet wemelt van de jeugdige helden in de Nederlandse literatuur. »Tegenspel« (2007, t: Antagonists) and »Spiegeljongen« (2010, t: The boy in the mirror) complete Floortje Zwigtman’s trilogy about Adrian Mayfield.įloortje Zwigtman has received numerous awards for her literary work, including the Goldenen Eule, the Silver and the Gold Kiss, as well as a nomination for the German National Youth Literature Prize. Reviewers were also enchanted by the novel: »authentic and poetic, earthy and decadent« (✿AZ«), »a joy for the intellect and sense« (»Welt«), »confident style, powerful imagery, fascinating scenes« (»Süddeutsche Zeitung«). In equal parts a coming-of-age novel and a fiction of society and history, the book earned Zwigtman the affectionate nickname »the female Charles Dickens«. Floortje Zwigtman delights in throwing fictional and historical characters together in a historically accurate, precisely constructed and very atmospheric portrait of a long-gone age. This is the story of 16-year-old Adrian Mayfield, who came out in Victorian London in 1894 and has to struggle to find his own path in the artistic and intellectual circles surrounding Oscar Wilde. Her real breakthrough in the German children’s book market came in 2005 with »Schijnbewegingen« (t: Tricks of the trade). With this book Floortje Zwigtman managed »a real narrative coup,« according to ✽ie Welt«. Zwigtman dances between the centuries with virtuoso control, joining the thrilling stories and ignoring typical genre restrictions, making »Wolfsroedel« a furious melange of gripping adventure novel, complex historical fiction and over-the-top horror fairytale. The author interlaces this plot with the history of the 15th century Romanian noble brothers, Radu cel Frumos und Vlad III.
»Wolfsrudel« is set in 19th century Romania, and is the story of the farm boy Ion, who, together with his friends, joins a gang of robbers called the »wolf pack«. Her début was the historical young adult novel »Spelregels« (2001 t: The Rules of the Game) followed shortly by »Wolfsroedel« (2002 t: Wolf pack). Zwigtman has to date published 11 books, of which five have been translated into German. Although she also has a passion for illustration, she decided to focus on a career as a writer. Floortje Zwigtman was born in 1974 in Terneuzen in the Netherlands, and was already a talented storyteller as a child, whose tales delighted her friends and relatives.
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