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    <body><![CDATA[Angespornt durch den Film mit Stephen Fry als Onno kaufte ich mir dieses Buch und meine Erwartungen wurden noch übertroffen. Im Rückblick ist der Film eine lahme Geschichte, verglichen mit der Fülle des Buches. <br/>Sicherlich habe ich längst nicht alle Ebenen des Buches ergründen können, ers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77631370">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderfully philosophical.  Probing and intelligent, this novel is difficult to be categorised to a specific genre... none seem to be able to adequately contain this novel.  We travel from Amsterdam to Cuba, from the 60s to the 90s and from Atheism to Roman Catholicism to Judaism, via Palladio!  It'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20379743">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Es ist nicht einfach, über 870 Seiten tatsächlich die Spannung aufrecht zu erhalten und die Leser/innen mitzureissen. Mit &quot;Die Entdeckung des Himmels schafft Harry Mulisch genau das, indem er auf faszinierende Art und Weise die Geschichte von Quinten Quist und seinem (himmlischen) Auftrag erz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66542624">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I actually read this book in Dutch, I had to add the English version.<br/>The book was great, it drags you into the story and will not let you go until you finish it.<br/>The only thing is, Mulish knows he is clever. And he likes to show it. A lot. Nevertheless, cudo's for this brilliant ...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite its poorly veiled Christian propaganda this book is at the very least on my top ten. It's surreal, it's inviting, it's exciting. The plot development takes different turns in every chapter and despite the cannonistic, dogmatic and initially seemingly superfluous narration by God's 'angels' t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23788164">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ Het enige voordeel dat het boek heeft, is dat het snel uitgelezen is. Maar mocht die stapel papier veroorzaakt zijn door een andere schrijver dan Mulisch in een ander taalgebied dat het onze, er zou niets meer van overblijven.<br/><br/>Gekunsteld, hoogdravend, houterig, breedsprakerig, betweterig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14703431">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a tough, confusing start that falls away into place around page 50.  i have a hard time describing this one, but i had a hard time finding a book to read afterwords -they all felt like cheap tawdry affairs after a long good marriage.   highly intellectual and spiritual in nature, mulisch never ever ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46228612">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ambitious, certainly.  A novel of ideas, absolutely (Mulisch certainly  shares some residual Dutch Calvinism).  Entertaining, not so much in the end.  Characters are thoughtful and witty, but in the end static.  The gnostic setting is tiresome for someone inhabiting a different worldview.   It is al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61103409">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Harry Mulisch is a remarkable writer, and I've read reviews of this book that proclaim its genius; I do not dispute that the author exhibits some of this quality. The book is epic in scope and daunting in its array of richly drawn characters and Mulisch's ambitious and loving commitment to them. I w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56574552">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've found it very difficult to describe what this book is about. It's sort of about the aftermath of World War II in Holland several decades later, it's sort of about angels cleaning stuff up on earth...but it's really about relationships, especially unconventional ones, especially a friendship bet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70158829">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in Dutch. This is of the few Dutch books that became an international bestseller. It is also made into a movie. It is a very good read. If you have read Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum you will recognize a lot. Luckily Mulish is easier to read. It can also be compared to the Da Vinchi ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39910091">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In my top five of all time. I have rarely seen such good characters combined with such good story combined with so many thoughts on life combined with such entertainment combined such amazing prose combined with..I've tired myself out. Suffice to say, read this book, damn it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mulish tries to pull of this gigantic story about the bond between humanity and God, but seems to lose himself in detail, sidelines and showing off his knowledge. <br/><br/>But hey, a former collegae of mine is in the opening of the movie, so go see that one! :)   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A pleasant and enjoyable philosophical novel, very funny in parts and with engaging characters.  Though it was central to the premise, I was somewhat disappointed with the supernatural turn of the final 100-or-so pages.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ik kan eigenlijk alle shelves wel aanvinken omdat dit boek over werkelijk alles gaat. Dat is dan meteen ook de kritiek van velen, maar ik vond het een heerlijk boek om in weg te duiken en het gegeven mentopagus zo mooi.]]></body>
    
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