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Het Diner
Het diner : Herman Koch

Gebruikte druk: 1e
Verschijningsdatum eerste druk: januari 2009
Aantal bladzijden: 301
Uitgegeven bij: Anthos te Amsterdam

Beschrijving voorkant

Op de felblauwe voorkant staat een oranjerode kreeft afgebeeld. Een heel toepasselijk plaatje bij deze fraai uitgegeven roman, die immers over een duur diner gaat

Genre van het boek

“Het diner” is een psychologische roman over het morele dilemma waarin ouders komen te verkeren, wanneer hun kinderen iets ernstigs hebben gedaan.

De aangeleverde flaptekst

Twee echtparen gaan een avond uit eten in een restaurant. Ze praten over alledaagse dingen, dingen waar mensen tijdens etentjes over praten: werk, de laatste films, de oorlog in Irak, vakantieplannen, et cetera. Maar ondertussen vermijden ze waar ze het eigenlijk over moeten hebben: hun kinderen.
De twee vijftienjarige zoons van beide echtparen, Michel en Rick, hebben samen iets uitgehaald wat hun toekomst kan verwoesten. Tot dusver zijn alleen vage beelden van de twee in Opsporing verzocht vertoond en zit het onderzoek naar hun identiteit vast. Maar hoe lang nog? Twee mannen, twee vrouwen, twee zoons ¬– wie durft een beslissing te nemen over de toekomst van zijn eigen kind? Wat het nog ingewikkelder maakt is dat de vader van een van de jongens de beoogde nieuwe minister-president van Nederland is.

Het diner is de weergaloze en ambitieuze nieuwe roman van Herman Koch, waarin de vraag centraal staat in hoeverre je als ouder verantwoordelijk bent voor de daden van je eigen kind. In soepel proza schotelt Koch de lezer een bloedstollend verhaal voor dat zich binnen de tijdsspanne van een avond voltrekt. Een roman met de tragiek van de film Festen – heel menselijk en onafwendbaar op het noodlot afstevenend.
Titelverklaring
Het gehele verhaal speelt zich af tijdens een diner waarbij twee broers met hun echtgenoten een afspraak moeten maken over een kwestie waarbij hun kinderen zijn betrokken.

Het motto

Het motto is afkomstig uit het

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