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RONALD GIPHART
Ronald Giphart is the Dutch 'mister bestseller'. His
blend of emotional honesty, upbeat characters, incomparable sparkling
wit, and innovative writing, has won him legions of readers in Holland
and beyond. Every book he has written has been optioned for film. He
wrote the BookWeek gift book for 2003, GALA, a book with a print run
of 700,000 copies.
To mark the BookWeek, Ronald Giphart's entire backlist
- IK OOK VAN JOU, GIPH, HET FEEST DER LIEFDE, PHILEINE ZEGT SORRY, DE
VOORZITTER, IK OMHELS JE MET DUIZEND ARMEN – was reissued with
superb new covers.
COMFORT (TROOST)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NS PUBLIEKSPRIJS
'This is a wonderful book.' NRC Handelsblad
'Hilarious and good ... a novel that literally
and figuratively "tastes" great.' De Telegraaf
'Troost has obviously been written with love:
for food and for language.' Spits
'A grown-novel which makes you laugh heartily.'
HP de Tijd
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'A biting satire on TV
and the culinary world. Giphart's new novel is the highpoint in
his oeuvre.' Elsevier
A biting, highly entertaining novel about gastronomy,
love, fame and ruin, by one of the most widely read writers of
modern Dutch literature, TROOST is the new book from the winner
of the C.C.S Croneprijs 2004 and the author of the successful
BookWeek novella 2004 (which had a record print run).
"I want a double rainbow behind my teeth;
I want to bombard my palate with a perfectly balanced carpet of
taste, surprise my oesophagus and bring a state of bliss to my
stomach, for less I won't do it." So says the main character
in TROOST. The wild cooking style of the 37 year old top chef
Art Troost is praised on all sides and crowned with Michelin stars.
From far and wide people come to see him at work in his restaurant
in Overdam on the Schoo. Troost lives to cook and sees the world
as a warehouse of ingredients; recipes occur to him all the time.
If there are three women walking down the street, then he pictures
a delicate game dish, combined with a marinated young herring
and a subtle soup of turnips, tea and crab.
Through his own cookery series on TV, named Sterallure,
his fame grows to unknown heights. Every week he invites two guests,
who cook with him. During the filming of the summer programme
in a French castle, with a marathon- running philosopher and a
voluptuous writer as guests, Troost's success suddenly begins
to crumble. A novel to relish.
Material: Finished copies (222
pages) & English sample
Sales:Podium NL (original publisher); Scritturapura Italy;
Kiepenheuer & Witsch (Kiwi)Germany; Serambi Indonesia; GEMA
Publications Greece; Bookstory Korea. |
I EMBRACE YOU WITH A THOUSAND ARMS (IK
OMHELS JE MET DUIZEND ARMEN)
'Very well written, with great pace ... Apart from being very
funny it is also a very serious book.' Het Parool
'All is told in Giphart's well known
tone, light, springy, full of innovative language and jokes which
you shouldn't really be laughing at, but do. The timing is perfect.
Every sentence has rhythm, everything has the swing of the vital,
infectious luck of his characters, and you can't deny that this
is literature.' NRC Handelsblad
It's a confusing time for the narrator, Giph:
his mother has opted for euthanasia instead of the on-going pain
of muscular dystrophy, but his career prospects are great, and
he is happily in love. He is caught between hs final farewell
to being a child, and his adult future both in love and work.
Ronald Giphart here considers the constancy of love at the best
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Material: Finished copies (320 pages)
& English sample
Sales: Podium NL; List Verlag Germany
'Giphart has created his own genre. No childhood
traumas, no repressed desires, no inner conflicts, no suicidal tendencies,
no poverty, no social outcasts - none of that ... A new genre, a new
kind of author. Such books are needed too and it is best if they are
written by Giphart.' De Groene Amsterdammer
'Sometimes people harshly say that Giphart
should grow up. But did Reve ever write a more beautiful book then when
he wrote, as a semi-grown up, De Avonden? ... Giphart's novel is sharp,
pacy.' HP/De Tijd
'A book you want to talk about... Ronald Giphart
knows how to write a novel... Giph's mother is suffering from a fatal
muscle-sickness and consciously and cheerfully chooses for Euthanasia.
That story is autobiographical and could lead to sentimental drivel,
but not at all. He describes the progress of the illness and his mother's
death with loving humour, a humour that is not artificial or forced,
but hone... Giphart especially shows the many facets of his talent in
the dialogue... In I EMBRACE YOU WITH A THOUSAND ARMS he reaches a broad
reading public. The classic Giphart word-jokes are not empty... What
is strongest about this book is that Ronald Giphart brings tension and
threat into the story when Giph has to go and help his (...). Against
the 'motherduty' which Giph and Phileine take upon themselves, the lose
asides about sex suddenly get a sharp framework.' Algemeen Dagblad
[Four Star Rating]
'What a terrific book. Your books were always
really great but now you also get the depth, from, amongst other things,
the description of the mother's Euthanasia. Congratulations.' Barend
& Van Dorp (most popular quality talk show in the Netherlands)
'Finally another novel from 'mister bestseller'
Ronald Giphart.' Carp
'Giph was last seen as a breathless student
only interested in sex and literature, now he is more grown up and serious.
The typical Giphart-humour is luckily still there.' Avant Garde
[Four Star Rating]
IK OMHELS JE MET DUIZEND ARMEN
is published by PODIUM in Holland and List Verlag Germany. Other previous
Publishers: Droemer Germany, Fazi Editore Italy.
PHILEINE SAYS SORRY
Of his hugely successful novel (also a film) was
said:
'PHILEINE ZEGT SORRY is the best novel of all time, and Ronald
Giphart is the best writer in the whole world.' Herman Brusselmans
in HUMO
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RONALD GIPHART (1965) is the
bestselling author of IK OOK VAN JOU; GIPH; HET FEEST DER LIEFDE,
PHILIEINE ZEGT SORRY, DE VOORZITTER. A great hero for young writers
in Holland, he has attracted more young people to literature than
anyone. His novels are continually reprinted. Formerly chief editor
of RAILS, Ronald Giphart has given up this and his other journalistic
and media commitments to focus on his writing career. A film of
Giphart's novel, PHILEINE ZEGT SORRY, was made by the Oscar-winning
production team behind 'Antonia' Line.
www.giphart.nl
AND www.phileinezegtsorry.nl
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