Gerrit Klaassen (1964) verhuisde in 2007 naar het rurale hart van Portugal. In Braakland beschrijft hij de ervaringen van een Nederlandse emigrant in een, voor hem, nieuwe cultuur. In korte verhalen over ontmoetingen, plaatselijke gebeurtenissen en persoonlijke ervaringen, componeert hij een beeld van het dagelijkse leven in een nieuwe omgeving.

Braakland is een vrije vertaling van het Portugese Alqueideo, het dorpje waarin de schrijver woont.

De verhalen zijn geschreven met een vleugje ironi...

Jacques Huinck (1935) beschrijft met humor de vele naoorlogse veranderingen, zoals de generatiekloof, woningnood, een overvol huis, wanbetalers, de komst van de pil en de welvaart. De mensen begonnen wakker te worden. Het bidden werd vervangen door nadenken, tot schrik van conservatieven.

In Parijs won hij de `Prix Nièpce voor de foto s die hij in 1959 tijdens liftreizen naar Parijs en Valencia maakte. Vervolgens maakte hij zo n dertig korte speelfilms voor een psychologische faculteit. Kre...

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