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God's Gym
December 22, 2000 is a day of dramatic confluence in the life of Joop Koopman, a Dutchman living in California. It is the day he celebrates his daughter Miriam's seventeenth birthday, meets his old friend Philip - with whom he has been out of touch for eighteen years and who now works for the Israel Ministry of Defense, and crosses paths with Erroll Washington (aka Godzill...more
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Das Buch habe ich über Danielas Service einfacherlesen.de erhalten. Ganz wichtig beim Ausfüllen des Fragebogens war mir, dass ich auf keinen Fall so viel „Gelaber“ im Buch haben wollte. Deshalb war ich doch etwas überrascht, letztendlich ein Buch in den Händen zu halten, das bereits auf dem Klappentext mit dem Worten „buddhistische Wiedergeburtstheorie“, „metaphysischer Thriller“ und „Wege des Schicksals“ war. Das Buch hätte ich mir definitv niemals ausgesucht und ich war sogar kurz ein wenig en...more
2002, set in southern California, with a main character who is of Dutch origin.
Very readable and intersting at times, but even after 2 weeks I have the greatest difficulty remembering anything about the book.
Something to do with trusting people, and how easily one can be fooled into trusting someone who tells a pack of lies. But also how some poeple CAN be trusted. Yet you can never know if you really know things about them or whether it's another pack of lies.
Side story about the Israeli intell...more
Very readable and intersting at times, but even after 2 weeks I have the greatest difficulty remembering anything about the book.
Something to do with trusting people, and how easily one can be fooled into trusting someone who tells a pack of lies. But also how some poeple CAN be trusted. Yet you can never know if you really know things about them or whether it's another pack of lies.
Side story about the Israeli intell...more
Over het algemeen een heel aardig boek met een interessant verhaal en veel losse eindjes en onverwachte wendingen. De Winter hanteert een bevlogen schrijfstijl waardoor je het verhaal ingezogen wordt.
Ik heb me alleen wel bij vlagen gestoord aan het hoogdravende taalgebruik. Zinnen als "(...) die dromen waren meer dan alleen abberaties van de hersenen ontstaan uit electrochemische reacties.", "Hij drukte haar tegen zich aan en sprak als een gebed: 'Dit gaat nooit voorbij. Dit mag nooit voorbij g...more
Ik heb me alleen wel bij vlagen gestoord aan het hoogdravende taalgebruik. Zinnen als "(...) die dromen waren meer dan alleen abberaties van de hersenen ontstaan uit electrochemische reacties.", "Hij drukte haar tegen zich aan en sprak als een gebed: 'Dit gaat nooit voorbij. Dit mag nooit voorbij g...more
It`s been a while since I read anything by Leon de Winter. When I saw this book at the second hand book store I remembered liking Sokolows Universum. So I picked it up. I had some nice shinkansen-rides here on my Japan holiday to read this book. And I enjoyed it a lot. Nice plot and great writing. The best parts for me were the description of the main characters feelings after losing his daughter and the development of the unlikely friendship between the main character and Godzilla. Recommended...more
Sep 14, 2007
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It's a pity so few people know this book! A father searching for his dead daughter, conspiracies, the overall theme on how to cope with life: great, albeit a bit fussy at the end!
Leon de Winter is obnoxious in real life but he can write.
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