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The masterpiece

The masterpiece

by Anna Enquist

Artists in literatureArtistsFictionWomen
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"Anna Enquist's novel revolves around the artist Johan Steenkamer, the women who are drawn to him, and his troubled family relationships: an absent father, manipulative mother, emotionally crippled brother. Present events are shadowed by the past. The loss of Steenkamer's daughter is an exploration of grief that will leave no reader unmoved." "There are undertones of Don Giovanni in the portrayal of the central character and in moments of the narrative; timeless dilemmas are counter pointed with those familiar to all contemporary working women."--BOOK JACKET.

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Artists in literatureArtistsFictionWomen

About the author

Anna Enquist
Anna Enquist

1945

Anna Enquist (Amsterdam, 19 juli 1945) is het pseudoniem van de Nederlandse schrijfster Christa Widlund-Broer. Ze is psychoanalytica en debuteerde in 1991 met de poëziebundel Soldatenliederen. Met haar eerste roman Het Meesterstuk (1994) vestigde ze meteen haar naam als schrijfster. Christa Broer groeide op in Delft en studeerde na het gymnasium-A klinische psychologie in Leiden; vervolgens studeerde ze piano aan het Haags conservatorium, met bijvak cello. Daarna doceerde ze psychologie in Amsterdam en begon begin jaren '80 aan een gespecialiseerde opleiding psychoanalyse. In 1987 begon ze haar werk als psychoanalytica en stopte ze met haar muzikale carrière. Tegelijkertijd begon ze gedic…

Author

Anna Enquist

Pages

268

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Toby Press

ISBN

9781902881218

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