parallels

I think there are many parallels between Hugo Claus and Arnong Grunberg.

I prefer a lecture over an interview. Or a book. Or a conversation.
(Most interviews made me think of mediocre police inquiries, whereas truth is of a lesser importance)

To Stijn Behaegel

May I ask which resemblance you see between Mr. Claus and Mr. Grunberg? I don't deny it, I'm just curious.

I like Mr. Claus, that's why I won't see the "play".

Arnon

Does reading your blog makes me a client for a whore?

i'm rearranging my bookcase and as I'm doing this I'm making an inventory of all the books I have. I write down the publisher, author and edition. Because of this I have to look inside these books.

A few books belonged to my father. A few years ago I discovered a book he had signed by an author and the author had written "Voor Nooitgedacht (maar vaak gehoopt)" and I thought this was a funny thing to write. As I'm making this inventory I find more and more books with this dedicacé written in it. Would my father have said his name is "nooitgedacht"? Did he know these authors personally? I wonder.

I know he knew some politicians but nobody can tell me more.

Dens,

I would never ask a writer to sign his/her book for me. I don't understand why people do these things. On the other hand I do some very odd things (but t least I know how to explain them to myself). I guess there isn't one answer for it. Did you ever ask a writer to sign a book for you? And if yes, why?

words

Let words speak for themselves. Let silent be silence. Fuck the i-pod.

I'm glad I found this post. I thought I had gone crazy, recognizing Arnon Grunberg among the audience of the play. But it seems it wasn't a hallucination.