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Overview: Vlak voor zijn dood in de jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw gaf de grootvader van Stefan Hertmans zijn kleinzoon een paar volgeschreven oude cahiers. Door de verhalen uit zijn jeugd vermoedde Hertmans dat de inhoud wel eens onthutsend kon zijn. Jarenlang durfde hij de schriften niet te openen. Tot hij het wél deed, en onvermoede geheimen vond. Het leven van zijn grootvader bleek getekend door armoedige kinderjaren in het Gent van voor 1900, door gruwelijke ervaringen als frontsoldaat in de Eerste Wereldoorlog en door een jonggestorven grote liefde.Hij sublimeerde zijn verdriet in de stilte van de schilderkunst. In een poging dat leven te doorgronden schreef Hertmans zijn herinneringen aan zijn grootvader op. Hij citeert uit diens dagboeken en kijkt naar diens schilderijen,om uiteindelijk de ware toedracht te ontsluieren. Hertmans vertelt dit verhaal met een verbeeldingskracht waarover alleen grote schrijvers beschikken, en in een vorm die een onuitwisbare indruk op de lezer achterlaat.Oorlog en Terpentijn vormt een aangrijpende zoektocht naar een leven dat samenviel met de tragiek van een eeuw – en een postume, bijna mythische poging dat leven alsnog een stem te geven.

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Pages 336
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Publisher De Bezige Bij
Published September 2, 2013
ISBN 18395080
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Stefan Hertmans is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Stefan Hertmans can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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