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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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Voor het schrijven van Ossenkop heb ik ongeveer twee à drie keer zoveel tekst geproduceerd dan wat er uiteindelijk in het boek terecht is gekomen. De geschrapte delen zijn misschien niet de biefstuk, maar zeker goed genoeg om soep van te trekken of goulash van te maken. Hier volgt de proloog die ik geschreven had, waarin een oude Rensing zijn...

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	Giovanni's kamer by James Baldwin, Eefje Bosch (translator), Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.34 avg rating — 241,251 ratings — published 1956 — 108 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 — 230,522 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Storm in juni by Irène Némirovsky, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 77,638 ratings — published 2004 — 297 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 — 68,055 ratings — published 2015 — 114 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 — 70,530 ratings — published 2020 — 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 verdwijning van Stephanie Mailer by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.96 avg rating — 52,960 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Een wild dier by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.04 avg rating — 48,560 ratings — published 2024	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 — 34,266 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Een zoon van Amerika by James Baldwin, Eefje Bosch (translator), Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.36 avg rating — 23,865 ratings — published 1955 — 41 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 4.08 avg rating — 1,087 ratings — published 2024 — 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

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Manik Sarkar liked Hannie Schmidhamer's review of Ossenkop: "opmerkelijk boek, met een bizar einde"
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Manik Sarkar and 1 other person liked fee's review of Ossenkop: "Wat een debuut!"
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Manik Sarkar liked Lena Bernaerts 💓's review of Ossenkop: "Op aanraden van papa. Ik vind het heel spijtig dat ik niet in een horeca familie geboren ben. Ik herken veel in dit boek omtrend het verbeteren van een zaak. Het dorpsgevoel was heel warm. Het leek echt of het boek zich afspeelde bij mijn grootouders in" Read more of this review »
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Manik Sarkar liked Alexis's review of Ossenkop: "Een zeer plezierige leeservaring. Je huppelt door de pagina's die volstaan met mooi geschreven zinnen. Het is een dun boek, maar geeft een compleet beeld van de levensloop van de hoofdpersoon. Een noeste slager die kort van stof is. Klinkt clichemati" Read more of this review »
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