3.8
Romans literatuur
Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr.
Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine, he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his family’s home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an exact replay of his dream in real life. The premonitions keep coming, unstoppably. He sleepwalks during them, bringing catastrophe into his reach.
Then, as unstoppable as a vision, he falls in love, at the supermarket (exactly as he already dreamed) with Sandy. They flee south, landing in Ohio, where their daughter Grace is born. And then the visions of Grace’s death begin for Winkler, as their waterside home is inundated. Plagued by the same horrific images of Grace drowning, when the floods come, he cannot face his destiny and flees.
He beaches on a remote Caribbean island, where he works as a handyman, chipping away at his doubts and hopes, never knowing whether Grace survived the flood or met the doom he foretold. After two decades, he musters the strength to find out…
© 2017 Fourth Estate (Luisterboek): 9780008269319
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 20 juli 2017
3.8
Romans literatuur
Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr.
Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine, he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his family’s home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an exact replay of his dream in real life. The premonitions keep coming, unstoppably. He sleepwalks during them, bringing catastrophe into his reach.
Then, as unstoppable as a vision, he falls in love, at the supermarket (exactly as he already dreamed) with Sandy. They flee south, landing in Ohio, where their daughter Grace is born. And then the visions of Grace’s death begin for Winkler, as their waterside home is inundated. Plagued by the same horrific images of Grace drowning, when the floods come, he cannot face his destiny and flees.
He beaches on a remote Caribbean island, where he works as a handyman, chipping away at his doubts and hopes, never knowing whether Grace survived the flood or met the doom he foretold. After two decades, he musters the strength to find out…
© 2017 Fourth Estate (Luisterboek): 9780008269319
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 20 juli 2017
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Tessa
1 jul 2023
Ik ben fan van deze schrijver maar dit vond ik zijn minste boek. De eerste helft vond ik heel taai om doorheen te komen. Bijna alles wat er gebeurt, gebeurt in zijn hoofd. Het is té psychologisch. Dan heb je echt zoiets van ja nou en nu? Hoppa ga eens verder met het leven van deze persoon. Ook heel zwaarmoedig. Vanaf de tweede helft begon het voor mij pas een beetje te lopen en toen vond ik het uiteindelijk toch ook weer echt mooi.
Cécile
2 jan 2022
Prachtig…
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