Netherlands


The Diary of a Young Girl
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Dinner
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
The Safekeep
The Discomfort of Evening
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Goldfinch
The Discovery of Heaven
Infidel
Tulip Fever
De avonden
De Aanslag
The Fault in Our Stars
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Hendrik Marsman
De hemel groots en grauw. daaronder het geweldig laagland met de plassen; bomen en molens, kerktorens en kassen, verkaveld door de sloten, zilvergrauw. dit is mijn land, mijn volk; dit is de ruimte waarin ik wil klinken. laat mij één avond in de plassen blinken, daarna mag ik verdampen als een wolk.
Hendrik Marsman, Verzamelde gedichten

Russell Shorto
Opinions differ on the question of whether a golden age is something you can experience while it's happening or whether it only comes into focus on reflection...no matter how grand and prosperous and momentous the time in which you are living may be, its grandeur is inevitably stained by the incessant drabness of the present. ...more
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