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On the Water by H. M. Van Den Brinks (2002, Paperback, Reprint) 
On the Water by H. M. Van Den Brinks (2002, Paperback, Reprint)

 
On the Water by H. M. Van Den Brinks (2002, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: Grove Pr
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0802138950
ISBN-13: 9780802138958
Product ID: EPID2259463
Description: Set in 1939, this novel focuses on the sport of rowing, telling the story of two young Dutchmen, working-class Anton and wealthy David, who are obsessed with it. Anton is the narrator, telling the story in a series of flashbacks that str...
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Synopsis
Set in 1939, this novel focuses on the sport of rowing, telling the story of two young Dutchmen, working-class Anton and wealthy David, who are obsessed with it. Anton is the narrator, telling the story in a series of flashbacks that stretch back to his sordid childhood.

Details
Publication Date:2002-05-01
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Height:8.3 in
Width:5.8 in
Thickness:0.2 in
Weight:6.4 oz

Publisher's Note
On the eve of Holland's liberation from the Nazis, Anton, a young man from a lower-class family stands on the bank of an Amsterdam river and recalls the golden summer of 1939, which he spent with David, a self-assured, affluent teenager, as they train as oarsmen on the river under the tutelage of a German coach. Reprint.

Industry Reviews
"The metaphor of rowing gathers a rich nexus of meanings in this terse, haunting novel, the first from yet another accomplished writer from the Netherlands."
Kirkus Reviews (05/01/2001)

"The plot of ON THE WATER...seems derivative of CHARIOTS OF FIRE and countless Hollywood dramas. Yet in Paul Vincent's translation it is nonetheless entertaining, in the way that a fairy tale loses nothing for its predictability."
New York Times Book Review (07/22/2001)

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