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Name: De ontdekking van de hemel
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Author: Harry Mulisch

📘 De ontdekking van de hemel by Harry Mulisch

De ontdekking van de hemel is een monumentale roman waarin alle thema's en obsessies uit het werk van Harry Mulisch samengaan in 65 hoofdstukken. Dit boek is een psychologische roman, een filosofische roman, een tijdroman, een ontwikkelingsroman, een avonturenroman en een alles overkoepelend mysteriespel. De roman trekt samen wat Mulisch het meest kent, wat de psychologie, het universaal verhaal, de tijd en de geboorte van een nieuwe generatie, de opstandige herinnering aan de dood, het ontdekking van de hemel en het mysterie van de sterren.

First publish date: 1993

Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction

Authors: Harry Mulisch

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