De raven

by Herman Bang, J.C. Torringa-Timmer (translator), F.S. de Vrieze (introduction)

In deze bundel zijn een vijftal novellen opgenomen: De raven (Ravnene), Franz Pander (Franz Pander), Les quatres diables (Les quatres diables), Hoe ik schrijver werd (Hvordan jeg blev Forfatter) en Uitgewezen (Udvist af Tyskland). In hun totaliteit geven de novellen een goed beeld van het meesterschap van Herman Bang.

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Herman Bang wrote his very first book back in 1880, it was called "Haabløse Slægter".

Herman Joachim Bang (20. april 1857 – 29. januar 1912) var en dansk kritiker, forfatter og journalist. Han blev født i Asserballe på Als i hertugdømmet Slesvig som søn af sognepræst Frederik Ludvig Bang (1816-1875) og hustru Thora Elisabeth Salomine Blach (1829-1871) og blev student i 1875 fra Sorø Akademi. Herman Bang er kendt for sin impressionistiske skrivestil. Herman Bang døde i Ogden i Utah i USA under en oplæsningsturné og er begravet på Vestre Kirkegård i København.

Reviews

[BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) · Rating 4 out of 5]

De raven (The ravens) by Danish author Herman Bang is a collection of five novellas, or, to be more precise, two novellas and three short stories. The book was published as part of the Dutch Agathon's Skandinavische Reeks.

'De raven', the first one of the two novellas and also the title of the book, has a lovely surprising ending with a sort of a funny twist, which made me smile.

The last two of the short stories are autobiographical, and all five stories are definitely worth a read. A great little book, which I truly enjoyed.

See also Foreign fiction translated into Dutch/Flemish for a review in Dutch.