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Netherland
by Joseph O'Neill
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
In the aftermath of 09/11 Hans, a Dutch advisor for financial institutions on energy matters, is living in Manhattan with his young son and English wife. The impact of the attack leads his wife to make a decision that she wants to return home but that may or may not involve Hans.
This book is then the story of life in a damaged city as Hans finds hope in his rediscovery of his childhood passion for cricket in small communities playing on rough and ready pieces of ground.
As the books follows Hans and the people he encounters we watch him change as he tries to journey back to normality and a role as husband/father.
An interesting read which I touches on the impact of the catastrophe on both individuals and society and how the tiniest of fracture can become a unbroachable chasm .
This book is then the story of life in a damaged city as Hans finds hope in his rediscovery of his childhood passion for cricket in small communities playing on rough and ready pieces of ground.
As the books follows Hans and the people he encounters we watch him change as he tries to journey back to normality and a role as husband/father.
An interesting read which I touches on the impact of the catastrophe on both individuals and society and how the tiniest of fracture can become a unbroachable chasm .