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Thank You For Being With Us
This chapbook features two newly translated short stories. In one, a father and son, barely on speaking terms, meet for the first time in years in a television studio for a live broadcast to discuss a book the son has written about their failed relationship. Their artfully rendered alienations from and frustrations with each other speak of the widening generational gap we are all experiencing. In the other, a troubled voyeur watches from his window as people come and go from a local massage parlour while contemplating his life. These compelling, well-wrought characters draw the reader entertainingly into their strange and heart-breaking lives.
- GenresShort Stories
32 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2020
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Thomas Heerma van Voss
42 books200 followersThomas Bram Heerma van Voss is een Nederlands schrijver. Hij is de zoon van het schrijvende echtpaar Arend Jan Heerma van Voss en Christien Brinkgreve en de broer van schrijver Daan Heerma van Voss.
Thomas Bram Heerma van Voss is a Dutch writer. He is the son of a married couple, Arend Jan Heerma van Voss en Christien Brinkgreve and a brother to author Daan Heerma van Voss
Thomas Bram Heerma van Voss is a Dutch writer. He is the son of a married couple, Arend Jan Heerma van Voss en Christien Brinkgreve and a brother to author Daan Heerma van Voss
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May 13, 2022
This included two short stories, 'The Massage Parlour' and 'Thank You For Being With Us'. The first was someone hanging out people watching guys go into what sounded, to me, like a happy endings-style massage parlour. It was weird, I dug it.
The second, much longer, title piece is set during a TV interview of an author who wrote a memoir/social commentary about his absent father. The story is told from the perspective of Egbert, the absent father, who's been invited onto the talk show. I really liked what you can read into this story, all that's left unsaid between the father and son while they're on this show. You get the son's perspective of abandonment and you get the thoughts and comments from the father about his own views, but then I was left with the feeling that neither version was really accurate. Just like life. Pretty cool.
Part of Strangers Press beautiful Verzet chapbook series focused on the Netherlands. Each series has a unique art style and highlights new and unknown voices. https://www.strangers.press
The second, much longer, title piece is set during a TV interview of an author who wrote a memoir/social commentary about his absent father. The story is told from the perspective of Egbert, the absent father, who's been invited onto the talk show. I really liked what you can read into this story, all that's left unsaid between the father and son while they're on this show. You get the son's perspective of abandonment and you get the thoughts and comments from the father about his own views, but then I was left with the feeling that neither version was really accurate. Just like life. Pretty cool.
Part of Strangers Press beautiful Verzet chapbook series focused on the Netherlands. Each series has a unique art style and highlights new and unknown voices. https://www.strangers.press
May 30, 2021
Great character exposition in short fiction. Hope more gets translated.
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