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Manik Sarkar (Groningen, 1973) is literair vertaler en schrijver. Zijn debuutroman Ossenkop verscheen in 2024. Hij publiceerde verhalen in o.a. Papieren Helden en Wobby. Manik vertaalde onder meer werk van Philippe Claudel, James Baldwin en Hisham Matar en is sinds een aantal jaar docent op de Vertalersvakschool.

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Ter gelegenheid van de Anton Wachterprijs kregen wij, de vijf genomineerden, van Trouw het verzoek een antwoord te formuleren op de vraag of er in de Nederlandse literatuur te navelstaarderig wordt gedaan. Daarna maakte Martijn Gijsbertsen er op een mooie middag prachtige foto's bij; het resultaat is dit artikel (helaas wel met paywall). Read more of this blog post »

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	Giovanni's kamer by James Baldwin, Eefje Bosch (translator), Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.34 avg rating — 285,224 ratings — published 1956 — 237 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 waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert (Marcus Goldman, #1) by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.20 avg rating — 255,937 ratings — published 2012 — 24 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
	Het boek van de Baltimores by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 76,067 ratings — published 2015 — 18 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
	Het mysterie van kamer 622 by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.90 avg rating — 78,949 ratings — published 2020 — 87 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
	Storm in juni by Irène Némirovsky, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 79,125 ratings — published 2004 — 302 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
	Een wild dier by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.04 avg rating — 61,260 ratings — published 2024 — 56 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 verdwijning van Stephanie Mailer by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.96 avg rating — 57,603 ratings — published 2018 — 102 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
	Het rampzalige bezoek aan de dierentuin by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 43,891 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Kapitaal in de 21ste eeuw by Thomas Piketty, Lidewij van den Berg (Translator), Marianne Kaas (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 35,222 ratings — published 2013 — 118 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
	Ossenkop 4.04 avg rating — 1,776 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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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Manik Sarkar and 2 other people liked Manuel's review of Ochsenkopf: "Ochsenkopf hat mich zwiegespalten zurückgelassen. Besonders gefallen hat mir die Leidenschaft, mit der Rensing seinem Handwerk nachgeht. Der Roman zeichnet einen klaren Gegensatz zwischen traditioneller Metzgerkunst und industrieller Massenproduktion" Read more of this review »
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Manik Sarkar and 4 other people liked Max Gippert's review of Ossenkop: "Had een beetje tijd nodig om er in te komen, vooral omdat ik vele woorden niet kende. Maar daarna was het een mooi verhaal over mislukte kansen, het gevecht tussen passie en overleven en onbegrip over de onrechtvaadigheid van het leven. Niet écht voo" Read more of this review »
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