Belgian

Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830, the term Flemish literature acquired a narrower meaning and refers to the Dutch-language literature produced in Belgium. It remains a part of Dutch-language literature.
Because Belgium is a multilingual country,[note 1] Belgian literature is divided into two main linguistic branches following the t
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I Who Have Never Known Men
Stupeur et tremblements
Het verdriet van België
Metafísica de los tubos
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
Dirty Snow
Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
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Le Lotus bleu (Tintin #5)
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Larissa Ione
My husband and son are at the movies, and the hellhounds, appropriately named Duvel (Duch/Belgian dialect for ''devil'') and Hexe (German for ''witch''), are in the backyard for the evening. Only the cat, Vegas (I know, right? Totally doesn't fit the theme, but she came with the name) is running around the house, She gives the newcomers a bored look before heading to the bedroom to get white fur all over my pillow. What grows on Vegas does not stay on Vegas. ...more
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Edmund White
Saint Guy of Anderlecht was the tenth-century Belgian saint of animals, stables, workhorses, and bachelors.
Edmund White, Our Young Man

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