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De trooster
2018
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3.32
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Geheel tegen de regels van het klooster in wordt een nieuwe gast opgevangen door Jacob, de conciërge. Aanvankelijk stelt Jacob, zich bewust van de hiërarchie binnen de orde, zich terughoudend op. Maar gaandeweg groeit er een verstandhouding tussen de gelovige conciërge en de gast die een misdaad op zijn geweten heeft. Jacob verliest zich in de aandacht die hij krijgt en is bereid ver te gaan om de vriendschap te behouden. Esther Gerritsen volgt het verhaal van de conciërge parallel aan het lijdensverhaal van Christus. Op de haar bekende scherpe manier ontleedt ze de relaties tussen mensen, de verwachtingen en belangen die daarbij spelen en ze stelt de vanzelfsprekendheid der dingen ter discussie.

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Esther Gerritsen
Esther Gerritsen
Author · 12 books

Esther Gerritsen (1972) is a Dutch novelist, columnist and screenwriter. Since her 2000 debut with Bevoorrecht bewustzijn (Privileged Consciousness), Gerritsen has been considered one of the best authors in the Netherlands and makes regular appearances on radio programs and at international literary festivals such as Litquake and Wordfest. Her novels Superduif (Superdove, 2010), Dorst (Craving, 2012), Roxy (2014) and De Trooster (The Comforter, 2018) were all shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize. In 2005 she was awarded the BNG prize for her second novel Normale dagen (Ordinary Days, 2005) and in 2014 she was awarded the Frans Kellendonk prize for her body of work. Gerritsen writes a popular weekly column in the VPRO TV guide and she had the honour of writing the Dutch Book Week gift in 2016 with a print run of 700,000 copies. She is currently making a name for herself as a screenwriter for film and TV. She wrote the scenario for Instinct (Halina Reijn, 2019), which was the opening film at the Dutch National Film Festival, was praised and lauded at international filmfestivals such as Locarno, Toronto and London and is the Dutch entry for the 2019 Oscars. She is a co-writer of the new TV series Red Light, which will premiere in 2020 featuring Maaike Neuville, Halina Reijn and Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones).

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