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Man Animal ThingAlfred Schaffer (trans. Michele Hutchison) Winner of the 2021 P. C. Hooft prize, the most important literary prize in The Netherlands for a whole oeuvre. Partly inspired by Chaka, a famous South African novel from 1931, written by Thomas Mofolo, the book charts the imaginary progress of the nineteenth century statesman and tyrant, Shaka Zulu (1787 1828). Structured around a series of daydreams and major events in Zulu's life, the poet extracts Zulu

Deze bundel bevat de gedichten en de essays die ze de afgelopen jaren in NRC publiceerde

Fantasia hazards a listening walk through seashells

and natural disaster—and sees a “crop of eyes” peering back

humorous and heartbreaking

A vortex of images

/ Het gaat om overleven

Over de werkelijke reden hiervoor doen verschillende verhalen de ronde: was het vanwege censuur

Voor de geliefde natuurlijk

grouped under the titles The Keeper of Sheep

met de licht-absurdistische toneelstukken van Judith Herzberg

is a searing pas de trois

known for his prowess with invented language and sound poetry