by Joseph O'Neill · De Bezige Bij · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789023440529
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«Laagland» is the novel by Joseph O'Neill, published by De Bezige Bij in paperback (298 pages, in Dutch).
Dutch banker Hans van den Broek lives in New York when 9/11 happens; his marriage falls apart and his wife leaves with their son. Confined to a hotel, he gravitates towards the immigrants playing cricket in the parks and meets Chuck, with whom he dreams of building the city's first cricket field; Chuck, however, pursues less innocent goals.
Dutch translation of «Netherland», the original novel by Joseph O'Neill published in 2008, by Auke Leistra.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in immigration, identity, and post-9/11 New York.
Joseph O'Neill is an Irish novelist and non-fiction writer. O'Neill's novel Netherland was awarded the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
