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tragedykery · 3 months

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you know what? to be completely fair to dr victor hoppe, if that had happened to me, I, too would develop a complicated (read: fucked up) relationship with like. Everything

#(he’s the main character of the book I’m currently reading lol)#(de engelenmaker/the angel maker by stefan brijs)#elli rambles #can’t speak for the english translation but the original dutch book is really good so far #even though I found the first part of the book pretty boring the second part is incredibly interesting #like man! I Get why he turned out Like That! what the fuck!#the book is such an interesting exploration of christianity/religious trauma & hubris & parent-child relationships & nature vs nurture #that said I do wonder: mr stefan brijs were you perhaps raised catholic? obviously he could have been raised areligiously & just done #loads of research etc but catholicism is Such an important thing in the book that I think it’s the most likely explanation #I would probably get even more out of the book if I like. knew the bible but I am Not reading that thang for this #though it might be worthwhile to go through the dates mentioned in the book & look up if they’ve got importance in christianity (like #holidays & such). wouldn’t put it past the author #anyway. advertisement voice: god complexes! medical inaccuracies & malpractice! explorations of characters that make you go ‘why the fuck #are they Like That’! if you like these things you may be interested in ‘the angel maker’ by stefan brijs #de engelenmaker

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thegenderfucker · 9 months

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free my man he did all that but it was the religious trauma

#the angel maker #de engelenmaker #stefan brijs #victor hoppe #my post

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wekiaamtoo · 1 year

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For my fellow dutchies out there if you wanna be traumatized for life go read De Engelenmaker by Stefan Brijs 😭😭 what the actual f was that and why was I so entranced by it 😭😭😭

#de engelenmaker #girls love german doctors in the eighties with asperger and religious trauma who do questionable experiments and end up cloning themselves

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darcyolsson · 8 months

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i never read dutch books bc I feel like the things that are popular or appreciated in dutch literature dont really suit my interests but i literally cant imagine that no one in the entire dutch language area has ever published a book that i'd like. so where are they bc the fact that I havent read a book in my native language since high school is deeply embarrassing

#heb gwn de literatuurlijst gelezen dus ik heb een stuk of 18 boeken in het nederlands gelezen maar.......... tja. he. jeweetwel #ik denk heeeeel misschien of joe speedboot of tirza opnieuw te lezen #en de engelenmaker is kennelijk goed?#maar ik heb liever een boek zonder heftige seksistische en racistische ondertonen snap je 😭#personal

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fuckthisshitimoutyall · 5 months

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begging you to recommend me freaky fucked up dutch lit

Ok ok ok,,, so!

I have compiled a lil list for you, here's the thing though. These luckily do have english translations and depending on if you are Dutch/speak Dutch you will probably have heard of these. You will have seen them on the reading lists during high school because although your teacher tries to find something for everything and be a bit more modern,, it’s not all that successful.

sidenote for context:

Oftentimes, Dutch lit is not really for me. this has to do with the high school thing. reading levels in the Netherlands are down, about every year there will be some boomer or other complaining them youngsters don’t read anymore. True, but I vehemently believe this is because of what we had to read in high school. Because although its great if literature is weird, I mean yay artistic expression! Not too handy dandy when trying to introduce a bunch of teens to it to just throw em in the deep end and hope they’ve read them by the end of the year. It’s kind of a IYKYK thing. (it’s a rather complicated matter and this is a very condensed version of it but if I talk about that you’ll get an essay to get my thoughts across instead of what you’ve asked me which is some recommendations.)

Another bit of context: dutch lit doesn’t really shy away from religious, sexual, and sometimes gory themes. Infidelity sometimes feels a bit like the norm. Also lot of it is very straight (incest too). That being said, dutch literature has plenty of great stuff too (kader abdoulah has some cool stuff but is a lot less weird than trad dutch lit)

Having all That out of the way: FuckyWucky dutch lit incoming!:

(I have copied the descriptions from goodreads because I have not read all of these and if I were to go as far as do so this ask would not be answered for another two years)

De avond is ongemak/The discomfort of evening by Lucas Rijneveld

(The first one that reminded me when weird dutch lit comes to pass)

“I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... and I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.'

Jas lives with her devout farming family in the rural Netherlands. One winter's day, her older brother joins an ice skating trip; resentful at being left alone, she makes a perverse plea to God; he never returns. As grief overwhelms the farm, Jas succumbs to a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies, watching her family disintegrate into a darkness that threatens to derail them all.

De engelenmaker/The angelmaker by Stefan Brijs

The village of Wolfheim is a quiet little place until the geneticist Dr. Victor Hoppe returns after an absence of nearly twenty years. The doctor brings with him his infant children-three identical boys all sharing a disturbing disfigurement. He keeps them hidden away until Charlotte, the woman who is hired to care for them, begins to suspect that the triplets-and the good doctor- aren't quite what they seem. As the villagers become increasingly suspicious, the story of Dr. Hoppe's past begins to unfold, and the shocking secrets that he has been keeping are revealed. A chilling story that explores the ethical limits of science and religion, The Angel Maker is a haunting tale in the tradition of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein . Brought to life by internationally bestselling author Stefan Brijs, this eerie tale promises to get under readers' skin.

Het smelt/The Melting by Lize Spit

Eva can trace the route to Pim's farm with her eyes closed, even though she has not been to Bovenmeer for many years. There she grew up among the rape fields and dairy farms. There lies also the root of all their grief.

Eva was one of three children born in her small Flemish town in 1988. Growing up alongside the boys Laurens and Pim, Eva sought refuge from her loveless family life in the company of her two friends. But with adolescence came a growing awareness of their burgeoning sexuality. Driven by their newly found desires, the children begin a game that will have serious and violent consequences for them all. Thirteen years after the summer she's tried for so long to forget, Eva is returning to her village. Everything fell apart that summer, but this time she'll be prepared. She has a large block of ice in her car boot and she's ready to settle the score...

Tirza/Tirza by Arnon Grunberg

Jorgen Hofmeester once had it all: a beautiful wife, a nice house with a garden in an upperclass neighborhood in Amsterdam, a respectable job as an editor, two lovely daughters named Ibi and Tirza, and a large amount of money in a Swiss bank account. But during the preparations for Tirza's graduation party, we come to know what he has lost. His wife has left him; Ibi is starting a bed and breakfast in France, an idea which he opposed; the director of the publishing house has fired him; and his savings accounts have vanished in the wake of 9/11.

But Hoffmeester still has Tirza, until she introduces him to her new boyfriend, Choukri - who bears a disturbing resemblance to Mohammed Atta - and they announce their plans to spend several months in Africa. A heartrending and masterful story of a man seeking redemption, Tirza marks a high point in Grunberg's still-developing oeuvre.

(also I think believe he has a thing for his daughters)

De donkere kamer van Damocles/The darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans

During the German occupation of Holland, tobacconist Henri Osewoudt is visited by Dorbeck. Dorbeck is Osewoudt's spitting image in reverse. Henri is blond and beardless, with a high voice; Dorbeck is dark-haired, and his voice deep.

Dorbeck gives Osewoudt a series of dangerous assignments: helping British agents and eliminating traitors. But the assassinations get out of hand...

The story of Osewoudt's fateful wanderings through a sadistic universe is thrilling. Is Osewoudt hero or villain? Or is he a psychopath, driven by delusions? It is the impossibility of ascertaining whether Osewoudt was on the "right" side or the "wrong" side - the moral issue of the Second World War in a nutshell - that makes Hermans' novel as breathtaking now as when it was written a decade after the war.

Having given these five recs, this is like the tip of the iceberg

#ask #fuckywuckylit

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soopsiedaisies · 27 days

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hii!! for the "i'm not from the us ask game" (which is so interesting btw)

4, 5, 11 and 23

dw, i’d almost entirely forgotten about it!!! 💀

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

Stamppot rauwe andijvie, always.

Andijvie is a bitter leaf-vegetable related to endives (its latin name is cuchorium endivia). I can’t find any references on it being eaten anywhere other than the Netherlands but please correct me if I’m wrong about that lmao. You can boil/blanch it, but generally we eat it raw. It’s (in my humble opinion) fantastic in ‘stamppot rauwe andijvie’, which is basically just mashed potatoes, chopped andijvie, some spices, and (usually) thick, baked-dry bacon bits. Some people also add cheese, if they finish it off in the oven like a casserole. We tend to add smoked sausage as well.

5. favourite song in your native language?

(choosing was hard) my favourite song is probably Het Regent Zonnestralen by Acda en de Munnik (‘It’s Raining Sunbeams’). I keep coming back to it.

11. favourite native writer/poet?

Omg I don’t actually read a lot of Dutch books anymore, but I suppose Harry Mulisch! He was a Dutch icon and a tremendously prolific author.

Books I enjoyed by Mulisch are Twee Vrouwen (Two Women), a tragic queer romance that plays with the Orpheus and Eurydice myth (opinions on it are… mixed), and De Ontdekking van de Hemel (The Discovery of Heaven), which is considered a masterpiece (it is) and I really… can’t describe it, largely because it’s so long and so much. But it’s beautiful nevertheless.

Some general lit recs (of which there are English translations):

I also really, really enjoyed De Engelenmaker by Stefan Brijs, a Flemish author—‘The Angel Maker’ in English. Creepy and intriguing and wonderful. Brijs sets an incredible tone. Love stuff that plays with hubris.

The other one is a classic and also has a movie: Het Gouden Ei (The Golden Egg) by another Dutch icon, Tim Krabbé. It’s a short thriller and an easy read. Totally recommend it.

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

Beer lol. Can’t go wrong with beer here. There’s some spirits too: jenever (the ancestor of gin), a variety of kruidenbitters (spice & herb liquor, very flavourful), and my beloved advocaat (an almost custard-like liquor made of egg(yolk)s, condensed milk, sugar or honey, and an eau de vie).

#not from the us ask game #heartfeltletters-written

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romanticcism · 4 years

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“Soms is wat onmogelijk lijkt, alleen maar moeilijk”

De engelenmaker (2005) // Stefan Brijs

#my post #books #reading #boeken #lezen #stefan brijs #de engelenmaker

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imadedisstuff · 7 years

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I made this stop motion to show my development in reading to my Dutch literature class. Each block represents a book or a genre, and the size of the block shows what impact it had on me. It probably makes sense to no one, but eh well...

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haeva · 2 years

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TOP 5 BOOKS :D

Oh man this is hard!

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte

2. The Magicians series by Lev Grossman

3. De Engelenmaker (The Angel maker) by Stefan Brijs

4. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

5. The Stravaganza series by Mary Hoffman (this is number 5 cause it's actually my favourite childhood series but it deserves a spot in the list imo)

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happycoincidences · 5 years

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8 PEOPLE I’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER (tag game)

was tagged by @venomwithlove thank you! ♥♥♥

ONE / name/alias Some people know my name, others don’t.

TWO / birthday Somewhere in the second half of january.

THREE / zodiac sign Aquarius

FOUR / height 170 cm (5′7)

FIVE / hobbies I exercise a few times a week (ballet, jogging, stretching, work-out etc.) to stay in shape. Listening to music, watching movies,... Also I have been experimenting with certain things on my body (for artistic purposes).

SIX / favourite colours red, purple, green, gold, black.

SEVEN / favourite books

De Engelenmaker by Stefan Brijs (about a doctor obsessed with religion and cloning)

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (A story told through the eyes of a man with very low IQ. He undergoes a brain operation that increases his IQ and even surpasses the brain scientists but then there’s unexpected deterioration)

Philip K. Dick (I’m basically very into science fiction)

Franz Kafka (great dude)

EIGHT / last song i listened to Lupin by N.Flying

NINE / last film i watched A room with a view

TEN / inspiration for muse Everything on my blog. Movies/tv-shows (usually the ones that are directed by David Lynch, Twin Peaks, hello!! and Wong Kar Wai) Ms .45, Blade Runner, Videodrome, etc. Fashion! (Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Yohji Yamamoto, and more). Art, preferably something that conveys attraction-repulsion like H.R. Giger and Hieronymus Bosch. Music (esp Coil, NIN, Björk, Kate Bush, Mylène Farmer, The Cure and Buck-Tick, .....). Silent Hill. Insects.

ELEVEN / dream job Something with travelling (flight attendant to be specific), or children (they seem to really like me and I like them), or the deceased, mortician/funeral director, which is what I’m currently doing actually.

TWELVE / meaning behind your url

Krijgsonthaal is the Dutch name of Old Norse Gunnlöð, it is the name of a giant in the Prose Edda (about Norse mythology) by Snorri Sturluson. I chose Krijgsonthaal because it is the Dutch translation of “warrior’s welcoming”/ “battle-reception” and because to me the word is aesthetically pleasing to the eye due to the typical Dutch orthography of “ij” and “aa”.

THIRTEEN / top 3 ships I don’t ship (unless it’s me and Gikwang lmaoo).

FOURTEEN / lipstick or chapstick lipstick ...but have you ever tried vaseline on your lips? That shit’s potent, it even makes dead people’s lips come alive (I’m serious)

FIFTEEN / currently reading Dead souls by Nikolai Gogol (I’m familiar with Russian literature through ballet and period dramas, but I finally started reading them too)

I tag: @atiny-burger @epiphanicwiring @orreur @yoseobstory @seunghyub-ah @ravenwolf-jin @georgiaodamn @park-sungshine @telogen @gauzebound @youngmutants ♥♥♥

#Uitwaaien

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bookaliciousjourney · 4 years

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10x boeken om cadeau te doen tijdens de feestdagen

All I want for Christmas is … BOEKEN! Het is weer die tijd van het jaar. Sinterklaas is alweer in het land en inmiddels heb ik op de radio al meerdere keren Mariah Carey voorbij horen komen. Je kunt er niet om heen dat het alweer bijna december is en december betekent voor veel mensen ook het geven en krijgen van cadeaus. Een boek is natuurlijk altijd een goed idee, maar er zijn zoveel boeken dat…

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#aanraders #aristoteles & Dante ontdekken de geheimen van het universum #boeken #boeken om cadeau te doen #cadeaus #cadeautips #de cirkel #de engelenmaker #duizend schitterende zonnen #everless #feestdagen #het laatste rijk #kerstmis #nooit meer #sinterklaas #slapende reuzen #Staalhart #the hate you give

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tragedykery · 3 months

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Hi my name is Victor Hoppe and I have a lot of hubris (that’s how I got my name) and short red hair and beard and a schisis and a lot of people tell me I look like my father (AN: if u try to talk to me abt him get da hell out of here!). I’m not related to Jesus but I wish I was because he’s a major fucking hottie figure I identify with a little too much. I’m a doctor and I work at the university of Aachen (I’m thirty-nine). I commit medical malpractice (in case you couldn’t tell). For example my colleagues think I’m trying to clone mice again but I already succeeded at that even if no one has been able to replicate my success (bunglers) so I’m secretly trying to clone myself. I’ve succeeded at the first part and now I only need to wait for the woman who’s unknowingly carrying my four clones (she thinks it’s a single clone of herself) to finally prove that man can create life just like God. I was walking outside the hospital. The medical ethics committee stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.

#this is certainly. a book #elli rambles #idk what I find funnier this version or the hubris part instead being ‘I grew up in a nunnery (that’s how I got my religious trauma)’#de engelenmaker #the angel maker #medical #uhh I genuinely have no clue how to tag this so ask to tag ig

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thegenderfucker · 6 months

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reading the English translation of a book in your native language like

#my post #love-hate relationship with the English translation of De engelenmaker

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atevegter · 5 years

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1462 De tuin als supermarkt

Ik zit in de tuin en kijk. Ik zie bloemen en planten en bomen en gras en een bootje aan het eind op het water en daarachter de straat en de bomen aan de overkant. Ver weg en achter de tuin en de steiger en het water. Voor mij een stukje terras met de tafel met een boek en een glas en een kopje en een bordje. Alles leeg.

Ik zie vlinders, hoofdzakelijk witte. Sommigen vliegen samen. Ik zie geen…

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#bessen #boodschappen #Brijs #column #dagboek #De Engelenmaker #Deen #dieren #druiven #kibboets #mensen #natuur #ontwikkeling der soorten #tuin #vogels

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jozeevis · 5 years

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8, 40 and 42!

Thank you for asking! :D

8: Paperback or hardcover? Why?

I have mostly paperbacks but my preference isn’t that strong. It’s mostly because I really started reading books when I was travelling by train every day and taking paperbacks with me in my bag is just so much easier than hardcovers. I don’t find hardcovers that much nicer either, so to stay consistent I still mostly buy paperbacks.

40: Name one of your favorite books from your teenage years

Well to be honest I didn’t use to read that much in my teenage years, so my pool to choose from is rather small. Regardless, I have to choose one of the Harry Potter books because those were really the first books I read for pleasure rather than school and I loooooooved them (and still do). It’s pretty much impossible for me to choose between them but I think I’ll say Prisoner of Azkaban because I have a particular fondness for that one.

42: Which was the best book you had to read in school?

That one probably has to go to ‘De Engelenmaker’ or ‘The Angel Maker’ in English. It’s an originally Dutch book about a genetic scientist that tries to unlock the secret to immortality in a rather grisly way. It’s been years since I’ve read it so I don’t remember that much more of it (heck I might not even like it anymore if I were to reread it) but I do remember that I read it all in pretty much one night, which is quite something for me (especially back then before I really started getting into reading).

Thanks again for asking! If you’re interested, you can find this askthingie over here and other askthingies I’ve reblogged over here.

#askthingies answerthingies #idnis

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noortjelanterfanter · 3 years

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Got tagged by @cynicalfitblrsociety to answer these things. Apparently it’s from myspace, but I’m a baby so I’m too young for myspace sadly :p Anyway. Let’s go! 1. Currently watching: rupauls dragrace UK and Canada. Oh, and luxeria on youtube. I don’t watch a lot of stuff really, I spend my free time gaming most of the time. 2. Currently listening: I’m having a poppunk moment lately, so I’ve been listening to Patent pending and As it is.

3. Currently reading: De engelenmaker (the angelmaker) by Stefan Brijs. It’s about a doctor who is trying to clone himself and has three sons and his life in a German town. It’s pretty good, read it as a teen, was very intrigued, so I thought I’d give it another try. 4. Currently eating: Fruitella and crisps. Depression is a bitch and i can’t get myself to eat healthily I’m tagging @fatmaninalittlesuit and @weights-and-horror and anyone else who wants to do this ;)

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