2009) very "hot" here in Flanders with his new book, but this was for me the first book i read from this author and it is a hit.The story is on a little boy, Anton, who grows up on a farm where multiple generations of his family have always lived together but an end is coming to this situation with the new industrialisation era that ends the agricultural tradition in the family. peculiarly unforgettable' AS Byatt, Guardian 'A sparkling novel with a thunderous effect a Flemish song of truth and semblance' Vrij Nederland Read moreĪ very nice book, little details that describe very precise the atmosphere, the fine differences between social classes and the effects of these differences on children and the way they grow up and find their way in live, or to the contrary, do not find their way in live.Mortier is for the moment (jan. 'This is a Bildungsroman which is related to much European literature from Proust and Mann onwards.
The subtlety with which Mortier describes a young man's experiences and feelings makes this an extraordinarily touching tale, a tender story of love, innocence and protection, and of painful loneliness when things fall apart.
But this bond introduces a new emotional hurdle for Anton, an awakening love that gives him his own identity and envelops him like a skin. He finds solace in a friendship with Willem and believes he has found a way to deal with his increasingly uneasy relationship with life. As he grows up, each tentative step on the path to adulthood brings knowledge, understanding and responsibility. In this story about love as second skin, Mortier remains true to the perspective of his dazzling debut, Marcel, looking at the world through the eyes of an observant and impressionable young boy, Anton.
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