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Deze omnibus bevat de romans:

- De muggen (1973)
- Het gevaar (196O)
- De coladrinkers (1968)
- De Engelse les (198O)
- De weg naar de Ardennen (1988).

538 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

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About the author

Jos Vandeloo

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Josephus (Jos) Albertus Vandeloo is een Vlaamse schrijver.

Jos Vandeloo in de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia

Jos Vandeloo in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren

Jos Vandeloo bij "Schrijversgewijs"


From the English Wikipedia:
Jos Vandeloo is a Belgian writer and poet. He grew up in a miner family and graduated as a chemist for the mining industry.

After the war he started working in the mine as a coal specialist and for this he traveled throughout Europe (up to 1953). In the meantime he also studied also Dutch and French literature at the Royal Academy and the Higher Institute for Arts in Antwerp.

After his career in the mine, he (first deputy director and afterwards) became director of the Belgian division of the publisher Manteau. In the sixties he was for a while sports commentator for the Belgian Radio and Television (BRT). Since 1963 he lives in Mortsel near Antwerp.

He made his debut in 1955, with the collection of poems Speelse parade (E: Playful parade) became well known with the stories De muur (E: The Wall) en Het gevaar (E: The Danger). In 1982, he became full-time writer.

In his work he generally describes the negative impact of modern society, such as loneliness and alienation and he tries to strive for an idealistic, paradisaical environment. He not only wrote novels, tales and poetry but also wrote several screenplays for television and theatre plays. His work has been translated into several European languages (such as Russian) and he has won several awards.

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De muggen -
De radeloosheid, machteloosheid van de protagonist is invoelbaar beschreven. Je volgt de gedachtegang en innerlijke strijd die wordt gevoerd en naar een verrassend einde leiden. Onderweg komen verhalen over Joods Antwerpen en Druoon Antigoon, de naamgever van Antwerpen langs. Boeiend.

Het gevaar -
Beklemmend. Een sombere kijk op kerncentrales en de nasleep van een nucleaire ramp.

De coladrinkers -
Goed tijdsbeeld van de jaren 60 in Antwerpen met provo’s en vrijmoedige jeugdfragmenten.

De Engelse les -
Vlot liefdesverhaal met fatale afloop tussen jonge jongen en oudere vrouw. Vandeloo stipt meer maatschappijkritische punten aan, zoals school niet afmaken en de ratrace van de economie.

De weg naar de Ardennen -
Hoe een ingrijpende gebeurtenis je kan laten terugkeren naar het verleden, dat onvermijdelijk is ingehaald door het heden.
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