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Fri 06 Jun 2010The story of a man who never got to live
A novel that Dutch publishers saw as having only a cult appeal has taken this year’s International Impac Dublin Literary Award, and to mark the event its author chose to play a Dutch Eurovision entry at the award ceremony, writes EILEEN BATTERSBY
PERSPECTIVE interests Gerbrand Bakker, he enjoys contrasting viewpoints. “The same thing becomes different,” he say, then he pauses while he considers this. Bakker often pauses, his gestures are large and expansive, at times playful, if invariably employed to deflect from his natural reserve. When he moves his arms they suddenly appear to lengthen, the way a top-class swimmer stretches and pulls into a stroke.
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