Blue Mondays

by Arnon Grunberg

Book Overview

A precocious new wunderkind, Grunberg first published this novel in the Netherlands when he was only 22 years old, and it immediately garnered comparisons to Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374114854
• ISBN13: 9780374114855
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

The wonder-author of the Netherlands speaks

Arnon Grunberg, 28 years old, has written a lot of columns in the newspaper "NRC Dagblad". He quit school when he was 16 for cutting classes. This amazing man, who designed a writing style which no writer has done before, debuted with "Blue Mondays". This book is definitely a gold mine. The writing style is unique, and you speed through the book, for Grunberg's sentences have this effect on the reader. This I know from the fact that I've read his other 3 books (not yet translated in English). It is very pleasent to read. I quote "Grunberg goes to the hookers a few times, and suddenly he's a famous author". The fact that he went to the hookers, just makes sure you get a strong impression on how the writer thinks, for he describes these experiences in great detail. Still, until the last part of the story, you are again and again amazed on his true, or possible made up, memories. An astonishing book from an amazing writer. A true recommendation.