Rivers, Martin Michael Driessen
Rivers, Martin Michael Driessen
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Rivers

Author: Martin Michael Driessen, Jonathan Reeder

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 5 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/05/2018

Synopsis

A critically acclaimed, award-winning collection drawing sparkling prose from the inspiration of three rivers passing through different times and places.On the storm-swollen Aisne in northeastern France, an alcoholic actor combats both his demons and nature’s tempests. Along the Main and Rhine in Germany, a kindhearted logger has but one wish: to travel with the lumber from his small Franconian hometown to the end of the river in the Netherlands, where it feeds into the majestic North Sea. In a bucolic vale in the French region of Brittany, two families, divided by religion and an unnamed stream, sustain a centuries-old feud, their resolve no match for the constantly shifting flow of water.These three stories span countries and eras, but they are all connected by, and reliant on, the unpredictable power and languid beauty of rivers that give life as quickly as they take it away.

About Martin Michael Driessen

Martin Michael Driessen is a Dutch opera and theater director, translator, and writer. He made his debut in 1999 with the novel Gars, followed by Vader van God (Father of God, 2012) and Een ware held (A True Hero, 2013), both of which were broadly reviewed and nominated for literary prizes. In 2015 his novel Lizzie, written with the highly acclaimed and award-winning poet Liesbeth Lagemaat, was published under the pseudonym Eva Wanjek. Rivieren (Rivers, 2016) was awarded the prestigious ECI Literature Prize (formerly the AKO), the Readers Prize, and the Inktaap Prize, shortlisted for the Fintro Literature Prize, and nominated for the Halewijn Prize. His latest novel, De pelikaan (The Pelican, 2017), was shortlisted for the Libris Prize. His work has been translated into English, Italian, German, Spanish, Slovenian, and Hungarian.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bart

Waar was ik, toen Martin Michael Driessens ‘Rivieren’ verscheen? Zat ik ergens onder een steen? En zo ja, hield ik mijn ogen stijfdicht? Zaten mijn vingers in mijn oren, toen hij voor dit boek met drie schitterende novelles ook nog eens de ECI Literatuurprijs ontving en daarna meer dan terecht meer......more

Goodreads review by Το

My son died when he was four months old from a congenital kidney defect. There was no support whatsoever. No consolation. I have railed against the fundamental injustice of existence, but there was no one to rail against. I'm not at peace with it. Never had. His short existence has shown me that I'm......more

Goodreads review by Marc

'Rivers' seems like a simple book, but it surely isn’t. The Dutch writer Martin Michael Driessen (° 1954) has included three short stories that are almost completely independent of each other: they are very different in length, in literary key, geographical location and time, and in themes. He evoke......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin

Een waar literair pareltje! Dit boek werd me aangeraden door een man die ik ontmoette in een boekhandel en ik heb er geen spijt van zijn raad opgevolgd te hebben. De drie verschillende kortverhalen zijn aan elkaar gewaagd, waardoor het onmogelijk is een favoriet te kiezen wat meestal het geval is wa......more

Goodreads review by Marcia

Prachtige bundeling van drie novelles waarin een rivier een grote rol speelt. Al zijn misschien ook eenzaamheid en lafheid overkoepelende thema's te noemen. Martin Michael Driessen is hard op weg een plekje te veroveren in het lijstje van mijn favoriete auteurs! Heel mooi en menselijk geschreven. Or......more

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