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Arnon Grunberg

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in Amsterdam, Netherlands

February 22, 1971

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Arnon Yasha Yves (Arnon) Grunberg is a Dutch writer. Some of his books were written using the heteronym Marek van der Jagt.

In 1989 Grunberg made his acting debut in Maria's Cunt (de Kut van Maria); a short film by Dutch enfant terrible filmmaker Cyrus Frisch.

Grunberg made his literary debut in 1994 with the novel Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays), which won the Dutch prize for the best debut novel that year. In 2000, under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt, he won the best debut prize again for his novel De geschiedenis van mijn kaalheid (The History of My Baldness).

Grunberg publishes novels about once a year but also writes columns and essays in a wide variety of Dutch and international newspapers and magazines. He does not restrict himself o ...more

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Pancake

Lucia Whalen in NYT on being dumped: ‘Ours had been a short but intense summer romance. He was not my usual type, but we clicked. I knew early on that we might not have been right for each other, but we were having fun.’

And: ‘“Let’s get a pancake,” he said. “No thanks, I’m good on a pancake,” I said. He proceeded to order a pancake with vanilla ice cream. When our server set the pancake

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Average rating: 3.4 · 44,768 ratings · 3,060 reviews · 163 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tirza 3.61 avg rating — 16,943 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blauwe maandagen 3.07 avg rating — 4,264 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De asielzoeker 3.36 avg rating — 2,659 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De man zonder ziekte 3.22 avg rating — 2,547 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moedervlekken 3.44 avg rating — 2,190 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huid en haar 3.38 avg rating — 1,782 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantoompijn 3.32 avg rating — 1,511 ratings — published 2000 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Figuranten 3.12 avg rating — 1,503 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De joodse messias 3.48 avg rating — 1,297 ratings — published 2004 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De dood in Taormina 3.10 avg rating — 918 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Mensen hebben warmte nodig. Daarop leven ze. Daarvan leven ze. Die warmte is geen misdaad. Het gebrek eraan is de misdaad.”
― Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

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“Alle waarheid deed pijn, maar wel steeds meer, elk jaar een beetje meer.”
― Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

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“İnsan mutluluğun hep sonradan farkına varır. Ah, o zaman ne mutluymuşum, keşke daha dikkatli olsaymışım.”
― Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

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