Arnon Grunberg

Bliss

Newlyweds

The second family I’m staying with in this neighborhood in the city of Utrecht is a recently married couple. I realized that the difference between marital bliss and tranquility is small.
Being embedded with the inhabitants of Dutch suburbia is in some ways as confronting and pleasant as my first experiences with the army in the summer of 2006.
Tonight I’m staying in the guest room of the newlyweds.