56 Alles is ijdelheid (La poursuite du vent) (1976)
Claire Goll (Nürnberg 29/10/1890 – Parijs 30/5/1977)
Inleiding: Herman 5/2/1988
Ik heb grote mannen en zelfs genieën gekend: Joyce, Malreaux, Saint-John Perse, Einstein, Henry Miller, Picasso, Chagall, Majakovski, Rainer Maria Rilke, Henry Montherland, Cocteau, Dali, Jung, Antonin Artaud, Lehmbruck, Brancusi…
57 A Classical Education (1985)
Richard Cobb (Frinton-on-Sea 20/5/1917 – 15/1/1996)
Inleiding: Kees 25/3/1988
I was waiting at the barrier at the far right end of the Gare Saint-Lazare, near the post office and the exit leading down to the level of the rue du Havre.
58 Moeder en Zoon (1980)
Gerard Reve (Amsterdam 14/12/1923 – Zulte, België 8/4/2006)
Inleiding: Gijsbert 20/5/1988
“Hoe ben jij, Gerard Reve, een man met toch een behoorlijke dosis ontwikkeling, intelligentie en gezond verstand, ooit in de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk terechtgekomen en er zelfs lid van geworden?”
59 Het Contraleven (The Counterlife) (1986)
Philip Roth (Newark 19/3/1933 – New York 22/5/2018)
Inleiding: Henk 9/9/1988
Ever since the family doctor, during aroutine checkup, discovered an abnormality on his EKG and he went in overnight for the coronary cathererization that revealed the dimensions of the desease, Henry’s condition had been successfully treated with drugs..
60 Coming up for air (1939)
George Orwell (Mothari, India 25/6/1903 – Londen 21/1/1950)
Inleiding: Loek 28/10/1988
She’s one of those people who get their main kick in life out of foreseeing disasters. Only petty disasters, of course.