7.4 /10 1 Votes
Language Dutch Media type Print Dewey Decimal 839.3 Adaptations Evenings (1989) | 3.7/5 Bol Publication date 1947 ISBN 978-90-234-5573-8 Originally published 1947 Publisher De Bezige Bij OCLC 35952069 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title De avonden, een winterverhaal Similar Beyond Sleep, The Assault, De Vierde Man, The Darkroom of Damoc, The Discovery of Heaven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
De avonden (The evenings), full title De avonden: een winterverhaal, is a 1947 novel by Gerard Reve which was his debut novel. Reve wrote the book under the pseudonym Simon van het Reve. It was released on 1 November 1947.
Contents
De avonden describes ten evenings out of the life of the 23-year-old office clerk Frits van Egters. The book is partitioned into 10 chapters, of which each describes an evening between 22 and 31 December 1946.
The novel was written very shortly after World War II. Though the war itself is hardly mentioned, the story gives, by describing an indidivual's experiences, a detailed description of contemporary post-war society which was marked by fear, boredom and loneliness.
Gerard reve de avonden fragmenten deel 1
Adaptations
In 1988, a film adaptation was made. In a 2002 poll, members of the Society for Dutch Literature ranked De Avonden first among works since 1900 in the Dutch canon.
In 2007 De avonden was named as one of the Top 10 Dutch language novels of all time by readers of the newspaper NRC Handelsblad.
The novel was adapted into a comic book by Dick Matena.
The novel was translated into English in 2016 by Sam Garrett.