If money cannot buy happiness, what drives people to participate in a lottery? And what effect does (almost) winning have on someone’s life, or that of the people around them? Cécile Hupin and Katherine Longly set out to compare dreams with reality by giving a voice to those who won or came close to winning a jackpot, for better or for worse. Their stories form a reflection of our society, our aspirations, our beliefs, and our fraught relationship with money. All of the personal accounts t...

Toonder vertaald is het tweede boek in de serie 'Taal en wereld van de Bommelsaga'. Hierin komen een aantal Bommelverhalen aan bod die vertaald en als boek gepubliceerd zijn in het Duits, Fries, Gronings, Twents, Latijn en Spaans. Duidelijk wordt wat het betekent om teksten van een dergelijke taalvirtuoos te vertalen. Bovendien komt de vertaling van Toonders beroemde en nog immer zeer actuele verhaal De bovenbazen - Los Altos Mandos aan bod, aangevuld met fragmenten uit andere Bommelverhalen.

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