Tirza

Description

Tirza is een roman van Arnon Grunberg. Het boek werd uitgegeven in september 2006 en is sindsdien vele malen herdrukt en bekroond met verschillende prijzen. De roman werd vertaald in 22 talen. In 2010 werd Tirza door het Nationale Toneel op de planken gebracht en werd het boek verfilmd tot de gelijknamige bioscoopfilm.

Description

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. (back cover)

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Other Editions

• TirzaPaperbackOpen Letter2013-01-01
• TirzaNijgh & Van Ditmar2006-01-01
• TirzaPaperbackNIjgh & Van Ditmar, Amsterdam2007-04-06
• TirzaHardcoverDiogenes2008-01-01
• TirzaPaperbackNijgh & Van Ditmar2009-06-01
• TirzaPaperbackProtea Boekhuis2014-01-01