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Arnon Grunberg

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in Amsterdam, Netherlands

February 22, 1971

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Arnon Yasha Yves (Arnon) Grunberg is a Dutch writer. Some of his books were written using the heteronym Marek van der Jagt.

In 1989 Grunberg made his acting debut in Maria's Cunt (de Kut van Maria); a short film by Dutch enfant terrible filmmaker Cyrus Frisch.

Grunberg made his literary debut in 1994 with the novel Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays), which won the Dutch prize for the best debut novel that year. In 2000, under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt, he won the best debut prize again for his novel De geschiedenis van mijn kaalheid (The History of My Baldness).

Grunberg publishes novels about once a year but also writes columns and essays in a wide variety of Dutch and international newspapers and magazines. He does not restrict himself o ...more

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Ruth Franklin in NYT on Mark Twain and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’: ‘“It shows how a body can see and don’t see, at the same time,” Huck says at one point when he’s failed to notice something — a line that could be the novel’s motto.’

And: ‘The Twain scholar and Stanford professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin compares “Huck Finn” to fugu, a Japanese delicacy so poisonous that a chef must be

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Average rating: 3.4 · 45,182 ratings · 3,132 reviews · 164 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tirza 3.61 avg rating — 17,153 ratings — published 2006 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blauwe maandagen 3.07 avg rating — 4,293 ratings — published 1994 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De asielzoeker 3.37 avg rating — 2,682 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De man zonder ziekte 3.23 avg rating — 2,564 ratings — published 2012 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moedervlekken 3.44 avg rating — 2,199 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huid en haar 3.38 avg rating — 1,791 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantoompijn 3.33 avg rating — 1,515 ratings — published 2000 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Figuranten 3.13 avg rating — 1,506 ratings — published 1997 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De joodse messias 3.48 avg rating — 1,307 ratings — published 2004 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De dood in Taormina 3.10 avg rating — 928 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Mensen hebben warmte nodig. Daarop leven ze. Daarvan leven ze. Die warmte is geen misdaad. Het gebrek eraan is de misdaad.”
― Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

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“Alle waarheid deed pijn, maar wel steeds meer, elk jaar een beetje meer.”
― Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

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“İnsan mutluluğun hep sonradan farkına varır. Ah, o zaman ne mutluymuşum, keşke daha dikkatli olsaymışım.”
― Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

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De brief voor de koning van Tonke Dragt - 444 pagina's

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Tirza van Arnon Grunberg - 430 pagina's

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