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| The Secret |
Nominated ISBN: 1902881079 |
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an excerpt from The Secret
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| Anna Enquist | ||
| Translated from the Dutch by Jeannette K. Ringold | ||
| Nominated by: | ||
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Gemeentebibiotheek Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Gemeentebibiotheek Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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ABOUT THE
BOOK
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Three storylines run through The Secret: the story of Wanda Wierickhe, the story of her past and the story of Bouw, the man she left. Wanda, a concert pianist, sees music as a way of escaping reality. It is her answer to questions about her place in the world. So important is it, that when forced to choose, she leaves her husband for it. But then she learns of a secret from her dying mother which cripples her life. Resolution is only possible when she comes to an understanding of her family's past. The Secret is a quest for insight, which comes in the process of coming to terms with the secret. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Anna
Enquist
is a psychoanalyst and classically trained musician. She was born in 1945.
A few years ago she began to write poetry, as she said, 'from one day
to the next'. Today, she is one of The Netherlands' most popular poets
and novelists, with a large readership in Germany, Switzerland, Austria
and Sweden. The Secret is her second novel, and won the
1997 Dutch Readers Prize as Book of the Year.
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