The Friendship

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Friendship
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Connie Palmen
Translated by Ina Rilke
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 208,Width 147
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781846555640
ClassificationsDewey:839.3/1364
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint The Harvill Press
Publication Date 5 April 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ara and Kit, two girls in the village school, seem to have nothing in common. Ara, the elder, is large, earthy and illiterate; Kit is lean, brainy and interested in abstractions like philosophy. After they leave school Ara cannot let Kit alone - she is drawn to her as a moth to a candle flame.

Author Biography

Connie Palmen (1955) is an author, philosopher and expert of Dutch literature and language. Her first novel De wetten (The Laws, 1991) became a bestseller and established her name as a writer. Her two subsequent novels De vriendschap (The Friendship, 1995) and I.M. (1998) followed her debut onto the bestsellers list. She went on to publish Geheel de uwe (Sincerely Yours, 2004), Lucifer (2007) and Logboek van een onbarmhartig jaar (Log Book of a Merciless Year, 2011). Palmen has also written several collections of essays, like Een kleine filosofie van de moord (A Short Philosophy of Murder, 2004) and Het geluk van de eenzaamheid (The Joy of Loneliness, 2009). She was awarded the AKO Literature Prize for De vriendschap and the Libris Literature Prize for Your Story, My Story.