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Kaas
Teks in Nederlands. Aantekeninge in Afrikaans.
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126 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1933
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Willem Elsschot
41听books102听followersWillem Elsschot is het pseudoniem van Alfonsus Josephus de Ridder, een Vlaamse dichter en schrijver.
Willem Elsschot is the pseudonym of Alfonsus Josephus de Ridder, a Flemish poet and writer.
Willem Elsschot is the pseudonym of Alfonsus Josephus de Ridder, a Flemish poet and writer.
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October 24, 2019
A tragicomical story about a 50-year-old man living in Antwerp, Belgium, back in 1933, who loses his mother and goes through a midlife crisis. His story is not particularly funny, not downright hilarious, but contains elements of bitter irony and a mild cynicism of sorts. It can be perceived as a satire, but it is also a realistic depiction of the dairy daily lives of petty clerks who see their lives deteriorate, being lost in insignificance and anonymity.
Laarmans is a reappearing character throughout Willem Elsschot's novels, and ends up becoming the symbol of the man who will always remain adrift at a sea of good intentions, a wreck of everyday life, a shadow inside the tramcars and the streets of every big city, permanently disconnected and suffocating, without ever being able to escape from the triviality of life.
螝蠅渭喂魏慰蟿蟻伪纬喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 纬喂伪 苇谓伪谓 蟺蔚谓畏谓蟿维蠂蟻慰谓慰 维谓未蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 螒渭尾苇蟻蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 螔蔚位纬委慰蠀 蟽蟿伪 1933, 蠂维谓蔚喂 蟿畏 渭畏蟿苇蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻谓维蔚喂 渭喂伪 魏蟻委蟽畏 渭苇蟽畏蟼 畏位喂魏委伪蟼. 螖蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 伪蟽蟿蔚委伪, 未畏位伪未萎 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 尉蔚魏伪蟻未喂蟽蟿喂魏萎, 伪位位维 未喂伪魏伪蟿苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 渭喂伪 纬蔚蟻萎 未蠈蟽畏 蔚喂蟻蠅谓蔚委伪蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟻魏蔚蟿蠈 魏蠀谓喂蟽渭蠈. 螘委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟽维蟿喂蟻伪 伪位位维 蟽蠀谓维渭伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟺蔚喂魏蠈谓喂蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 蟿蠅谓 渭喂魏蟻慰伪蟽蟿蠋谓 蔚蟻纬伪蟿慰蠇蟺伪位位萎位蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 尾位苇蟺慰蠀谓 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 谓伪 蠁胃委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 蠂维谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蟽畏渭伪谓蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪谓蠅谓蠀渭委伪.
螣 Frans Laarmans 未喂畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 蟿畏 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪. 螆蟿蟽喂 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟺蠋蟼 苇蠂慰蠀谓 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪未伪萎蟼, 蔚蠀魏慰位蠈蟺喂蟽蟿慰蟼, 蔚蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀蠂谓维 蔚魏谓蔚蠀蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 伪位位维 蠈蠂喂 慰位蠈蟿蔚位伪 伪谓蟿喂蟺伪胃萎蟼. 螕喂伪蟿委 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 尾伪胃喂维 伪谓慰畏蟽委伪 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蟽蠀渭蟺位苇纬渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀, 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪位萎 魏伪蟻未喂维 魏伪蟿维 尾维胃慰蟼, 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪位苇蟼 蟺蟻慰胃苇蟽蔚喂蟼 伪位位维 蟿慰蠀 位蔚委蟺蔚喂 蟿慰 蟽胃苇谓慰蟼, 畏 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 畏 伪蟺伪喂蟿慰蠉渭蔚谓畏 慰尉蠀未苇蟻魏蔚喂伪.
螤蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 蠈位慰喂 纬蠉蟻蠅 蟿慰蠀 蟿慰谓 伪纬伪蟺慰蠉谓. 螤维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蠈位伪 畏 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蟿慰蠀 伪谓苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蟿伪 魏伪渭蠋渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀, 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀蠂谓维 蟿畏谓 魏维谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 魏位伪委蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 伪蟺蔚位蟺喂蟽委伪, 伪位位维 蟿慰蠀 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿苇魏蔚蟿伪喂, 蟿慰谓 渭伪位蠋谓蔚喂, 蟿慰谓 谓慰蠀胃蔚蟿蔚委, 蟿慰谓 蠀蟺慰蟽蟿畏蟻委味蔚喂, 蟿慰谓 尾慰畏胃维 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓维渭伪 魏蟻伪蟿维蔚喂 蟿畏谓 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂维 蟿畏蟼 蔚谓蠅渭苇谓畏 魏伪喂 未喂伪蠂蔚喂蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蠈位慰 蟿慰 谓慰喂魏慰魏蠀蟻喂蠈, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 伪蟺慰位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻伪渭喂魏蟻萎 蔚魏蟿委渭畏蟽畏 纬喂伪 蟿畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁慰蟻维 蟿畏蟼, 渭喂伪 慰位喂纬蠈位慰纬畏 萎 蟽喂蠅蟺畏位萎 蠁喂纬慰蠉蟻伪, 渭蔚 委蟽蠅蟼 魏维蟺慰喂伪 渭喂魏蟻维 尉蔚蟽蟺维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蠈蟿伪谓 慰 维谓未蟻伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻伪魏维谓蔚喂.
螣 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 萎蟻蠅伪蟼, 慰谓蠈渭伪蟿喂 Laarmans, 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蠀蟺伪位位畏位维魏慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟻纬维味蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 位慰纬伪蟻喂伪蟽渭蠈 渭喂伪蟼 螒纬纬位喂魏萎蟼 谓伪蠀蟺畏纬喂魏萎蟼 蔚蟿伪喂蟻委伪蟼. 螝维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎, 渭苇蟽蠅 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚纬伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰蠀 伪未蔚位蠁慰蠉 蟿慰蠀, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼 魏伪喂 未喂伪胃苇蟿蔚喂 未喂伪蟽蠀谓未苇蟽蔚喂蟼, 蔚喂蟽蠂蠅蟻蔚委 蟽蟿慰谓 魏慰喂谓蠅谓喂魏蠈 魏蠉魏位慰 渭喂伪蟼 慰渭维未伪蟼 蟺位慰蠉蟽喂蠅谓 蔚蟺喂蠂蔚喂蟻畏渭伪蟿喂蠋谓 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 未委谓蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿慰蠉蟼. 螡伪 尾纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟽魏喂维, 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蠁维谓蔚喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪谓蠅谓蠀渭委伪. 螖蔚谓 慰谓蔚喂蟻蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏 未蠈尉伪. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 渭喂魏蟻慰伪蟽蟿蠈蟼 螖慰谓 螝喂蠂蠋蟿畏蟼. 螛苇位蔚喂 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻维 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀, 谓伪 尾纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓萎 蟿慰蠀 蟻慰蠀蟿委谓伪 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰位渭萎蟽蔚喂 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂 魏维蟿喂 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈. 螡伪 伪蠁萎蟽蔚喂 纬喂伪 位委纬慰 蟿喂蟼 蟺伪位喂苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蔚喂蔚蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 尾蟻蔚喂 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 位蔚委蟺蔚喂.
螒位位维 未蔚谓 尉苇蟻蔚喂 蟿喂 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂, 慰蠉蟿蔚 蟺蠋蟼 谓伪 蟿慰 魏维谓蔚喂. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 未蔚喂位蠈蟼 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 尉苇蟻蔚喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 谓伪 未喂伪蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 魏伪喂 谓伪 未喂蔚魏未喂魏蔚委. 螆尉蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 伪蟽蠁伪位苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂伪魏蠈 蟺蔚蟻喂尾维位位慰谓, 苇尉蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 纬谓蠋蟻喂渭慰 魏伪喂 慰喂魏蔚委慰 蟺蔚蟻喂尾维位位慰谓 蔚蟻纬伪蟽委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿委蟺慰蟿蔚 维位位慰 伪蟺蠈 苇谓伪 维尾慰蠀位慰 魏伪喂 蟿蟻慰渭伪纬渭苇谓慰 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺维魏喂, 伪谓委魏伪谓慰蟼 谓伪 蔚魏蠁蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 谓伪 慰蟻纬伪谓蠋蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟽魏苇蠄蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀.
螕喂伪 谓伪 蔚蟺喂尾喂蠋蟽蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚渭蟺慰蟻喂魏蠈 魏蠈蟽渭慰, 蠂蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 未喂伪胃苇蟿蔚喂 蔚蟺喂蠂蔚喂蟻畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈 未伪喂渭蠈谓喂慰, 蔚蟺喂谓慰畏蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 未喂蟺位蠅渭伪蟿委伪, 蟿蠈位渭畏 萎 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 胃蟻维蟽慰蟼, 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 谓伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺蔚喂胃蠋, 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪 魏喂 苇谓伪谓 魏伪位蠈 蟽蠂蔚未喂伪蟽渭蠈 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 魏位蔚委谓蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺位苇慰谓 蟽蠀渭蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽蔚蟼 蟽蠀渭蠁蠅谓委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蠈位伪: 螤蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰尾位苇蟺蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 魏苇蟻未慰蟼. 螣 Laarmans 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 蟺位苇慰谓 伪魏伪蟿维位位畏位慰蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰 谓苇慰 蔚蟺维纬纬蔚位渭伪 蟺慰蠀 未喂维位蔚尉蔚.
韦慰 萎胃慰蟼 魏伪喂 慰喂 蔚渭渭慰谓苇蟼 蟿慰蠀, 畏 魏伪蟿伪蟺喂蔚蟽渭苇谓畏 蔚蠀伪喂蟽胃畏蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 慰 维尾慰蠀位慰蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 慰喂 伪谓伪蟽蠁维位蔚喂蔚蟼 魏伪喂 慰喂 蠁慰尾委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿伪 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓维 蟿慰蠀 维纬蠂畏 魏伪喂 蔚谓 蟿苇位蔚喂 畏 尾位伪魏蔚委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 魏伪蟿伪蟿蟻蠉蠂蔚喂 (蔚委谓伪喂 伪纬伪胃喂维蟻畏蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 畏位委胃喂慰蟼) 胃伪 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬萎蟽慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂伪 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 胃伪 蟿慰谓 尾慰畏胃萎蟽蔚喂 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪位维尾蔚喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚魏蟿喂渭萎蟽蔚喂 蠈位伪 蠈蟽伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀, 蠈位伪 蔚魏蔚委谓伪 蟺慰蠀 伪尉委味慰蠀谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维.
螣 Laarmans 蠅蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 蔚蟺伪谓蔚渭蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 维位位伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪, 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 谓伪 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 蟽蠉渭尾慰位慰 蟿慰蠀 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蟺维谓蟿伪 胃伪 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓蔚喂 蔚纬魏位蠅尾喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 胃维位伪蟽蟽伪 魏伪位蠋谓 蟺蟻慰胃苇蟽蔚蠅谓, 苇谓伪蟼 谓伪蠀伪纬蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 渭喂伪 蟽魏喂维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿伪 蟿蟻伪渭 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 未蟻蠈渭慰蠀蟼 渭喂伪蟼 渭蔚纬伪位慰蠉蟺慰位畏蟼, 蟺慰蠀 蟺维谓蟿伪 胃伪 未蠀蟽伪谓伪蟽蠂蔚蟿蔚委 魏伪喂 胃伪 伪蟽蠁蠀魏蟿喂维, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺慰蟿苇 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 尉蔚蠁蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 渭喂魏蟻蠈魏慰蟽渭蠈 蟿慰蠀.
Laarmans is a reappearing character throughout Willem Elsschot's novels, and ends up becoming the symbol of the man who will always remain adrift at a sea of good intentions, a wreck of everyday life, a shadow inside the tramcars and the streets of every big city, permanently disconnected and suffocating, without ever being able to escape from the triviality of life.
螝蠅渭喂魏慰蟿蟻伪纬喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 纬喂伪 苇谓伪谓 蟺蔚谓畏谓蟿维蠂蟻慰谓慰 维谓未蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 螒渭尾苇蟻蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 螔蔚位纬委慰蠀 蟽蟿伪 1933, 蠂维谓蔚喂 蟿畏 渭畏蟿苇蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻谓维蔚喂 渭喂伪 魏蟻委蟽畏 渭苇蟽畏蟼 畏位喂魏委伪蟼. 螖蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 伪蟽蟿蔚委伪, 未畏位伪未萎 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 尉蔚魏伪蟻未喂蟽蟿喂魏萎, 伪位位维 未喂伪魏伪蟿苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 渭喂伪 纬蔚蟻萎 未蠈蟽畏 蔚喂蟻蠅谓蔚委伪蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟻魏蔚蟿蠈 魏蠀谓喂蟽渭蠈. 螘委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟽维蟿喂蟻伪 伪位位维 蟽蠀谓维渭伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟺蔚喂魏蠈谓喂蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 蟿蠅谓 渭喂魏蟻慰伪蟽蟿蠋谓 蔚蟻纬伪蟿慰蠇蟺伪位位萎位蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 尾位苇蟺慰蠀谓 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀蟼 谓伪 蠁胃委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 蠂维谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蟽畏渭伪谓蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪谓蠅谓蠀渭委伪.
螣 Frans Laarmans 未喂畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 蟿畏 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪. 螆蟿蟽喂 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟺蠋蟼 苇蠂慰蠀谓 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪未伪萎蟼, 蔚蠀魏慰位蠈蟺喂蟽蟿慰蟼, 蔚蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀蠂谓维 蔚魏谓蔚蠀蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 伪位位维 蠈蠂喂 慰位蠈蟿蔚位伪 伪谓蟿喂蟺伪胃萎蟼. 螕喂伪蟿委 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 尾伪胃喂维 伪谓慰畏蟽委伪 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蟽蠀渭蟺位苇纬渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀, 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪位萎 魏伪蟻未喂维 魏伪蟿维 尾维胃慰蟼, 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪位苇蟼 蟺蟻慰胃苇蟽蔚喂蟼 伪位位维 蟿慰蠀 位蔚委蟺蔚喂 蟿慰 蟽胃苇谓慰蟼, 畏 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 畏 伪蟺伪喂蟿慰蠉渭蔚谓畏 慰尉蠀未苇蟻魏蔚喂伪.
螤蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 蠈位慰喂 纬蠉蟻蠅 蟿慰蠀 蟿慰谓 伪纬伪蟺慰蠉谓. 螤维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蠈位伪 畏 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蟿慰蠀 伪谓苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蟿伪 魏伪渭蠋渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀, 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀蠂谓维 蟿畏谓 魏维谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 魏位伪委蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 伪蟺蔚位蟺喂蟽委伪, 伪位位维 蟿慰蠀 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿苇魏蔚蟿伪喂, 蟿慰谓 渭伪位蠋谓蔚喂, 蟿慰谓 谓慰蠀胃蔚蟿蔚委, 蟿慰谓 蠀蟺慰蟽蟿畏蟻委味蔚喂, 蟿慰谓 尾慰畏胃维 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓维渭伪 魏蟻伪蟿维蔚喂 蟿畏谓 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂维 蟿畏蟼 蔚谓蠅渭苇谓畏 魏伪喂 未喂伪蠂蔚喂蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蠈位慰 蟿慰 谓慰喂魏慰魏蠀蟻喂蠈, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 伪蟺慰位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻伪渭喂魏蟻萎 蔚魏蟿委渭畏蟽畏 纬喂伪 蟿畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁慰蟻维 蟿畏蟼, 渭喂伪 慰位喂纬蠈位慰纬畏 萎 蟽喂蠅蟺畏位萎 蠁喂纬慰蠉蟻伪, 渭蔚 委蟽蠅蟼 魏维蟺慰喂伪 渭喂魏蟻维 尉蔚蟽蟺维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蠈蟿伪谓 慰 维谓未蟻伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻伪魏维谓蔚喂.
螣 魏蔚谓蟿蟻喂魏蠈蟼 萎蟻蠅伪蟼, 慰谓蠈渭伪蟿喂 Laarmans, 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蠀蟺伪位位畏位维魏慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟻纬维味蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 位慰纬伪蟻喂伪蟽渭蠈 渭喂伪蟼 螒纬纬位喂魏萎蟼 谓伪蠀蟺畏纬喂魏萎蟼 蔚蟿伪喂蟻委伪蟼. 螝维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎, 渭苇蟽蠅 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚纬伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰蠀 伪未蔚位蠁慰蠉 蟿慰蠀, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼 魏伪喂 未喂伪胃苇蟿蔚喂 未喂伪蟽蠀谓未苇蟽蔚喂蟼, 蔚喂蟽蠂蠅蟻蔚委 蟽蟿慰谓 魏慰喂谓蠅谓喂魏蠈 魏蠉魏位慰 渭喂伪蟼 慰渭维未伪蟼 蟺位慰蠉蟽喂蠅谓 蔚蟺喂蠂蔚喂蟻畏渭伪蟿喂蠋谓 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 未委谓蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 慰 委未喂慰蟼 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿慰蠉蟼. 螡伪 尾纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟽魏喂维, 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蠁维谓蔚喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪谓蠅谓蠀渭委伪. 螖蔚谓 慰谓蔚喂蟻蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏 未蠈尉伪. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 渭喂魏蟻慰伪蟽蟿蠈蟼 螖慰谓 螝喂蠂蠋蟿畏蟼. 螛苇位蔚喂 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻维 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀, 谓伪 尾纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓萎 蟿慰蠀 蟻慰蠀蟿委谓伪 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰位渭萎蟽蔚喂 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂 魏维蟿喂 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈. 螡伪 伪蠁萎蟽蔚喂 纬喂伪 位委纬慰 蟿喂蟼 蟺伪位喂苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蔚喂蔚蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 尾蟻蔚喂 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 位蔚委蟺蔚喂.
螒位位维 未蔚谓 尉苇蟻蔚喂 蟿喂 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂, 慰蠉蟿蔚 蟺蠋蟼 谓伪 蟿慰 魏维谓蔚喂. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 未蔚喂位蠈蟼 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 尉苇蟻蔚喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 谓伪 未喂伪蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 魏伪喂 谓伪 未喂蔚魏未喂魏蔚委. 螆尉蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 伪蟽蠁伪位苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂伪魏蠈 蟺蔚蟻喂尾维位位慰谓, 苇尉蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 纬谓蠋蟻喂渭慰 魏伪喂 慰喂魏蔚委慰 蟺蔚蟻喂尾维位位慰谓 蔚蟻纬伪蟽委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿委蟺慰蟿蔚 维位位慰 伪蟺蠈 苇谓伪 维尾慰蠀位慰 魏伪喂 蟿蟻慰渭伪纬渭苇谓慰 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺维魏喂, 伪谓委魏伪谓慰蟼 谓伪 蔚魏蠁蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 谓伪 慰蟻纬伪谓蠋蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟽魏苇蠄蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀.
螕喂伪 谓伪 蔚蟺喂尾喂蠋蟽蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚渭蟺慰蟻喂魏蠈 魏蠈蟽渭慰, 蠂蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 未喂伪胃苇蟿蔚喂 蔚蟺喂蠂蔚喂蟻畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈 未伪喂渭蠈谓喂慰, 蔚蟺喂谓慰畏蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 未喂蟺位蠅渭伪蟿委伪, 蟿蠈位渭畏 萎 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 胃蟻维蟽慰蟼, 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 谓伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺蔚喂胃蠋, 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪 魏喂 苇谓伪谓 魏伪位蠈 蟽蠂蔚未喂伪蟽渭蠈 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 魏位蔚委谓蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺位苇慰谓 蟽蠀渭蠁苇蟻慰蠀蟽蔚蟼 蟽蠀渭蠁蠅谓委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蠈位伪: 螤蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰尾位苇蟺蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 魏苇蟻未慰蟼. 螣 Laarmans 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 蟺位苇慰谓 伪魏伪蟿维位位畏位慰蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰 谓苇慰 蔚蟺维纬纬蔚位渭伪 蟺慰蠀 未喂维位蔚尉蔚.
韦慰 萎胃慰蟼 魏伪喂 慰喂 蔚渭渭慰谓苇蟼 蟿慰蠀, 畏 魏伪蟿伪蟺喂蔚蟽渭苇谓畏 蔚蠀伪喂蟽胃畏蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 慰 维尾慰蠀位慰蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 慰喂 伪谓伪蟽蠁维位蔚喂蔚蟼 魏伪喂 慰喂 蠁慰尾委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿伪 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓维 蟿慰蠀 维纬蠂畏 魏伪喂 蔚谓 蟿苇位蔚喂 畏 尾位伪魏蔚委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 魏伪蟿伪蟿蟻蠉蠂蔚喂 (蔚委谓伪喂 伪纬伪胃喂维蟻畏蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 畏位委胃喂慰蟼) 胃伪 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬萎蟽慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂伪 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 胃伪 蟿慰谓 尾慰畏胃萎蟽蔚喂 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪位维尾蔚喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚魏蟿喂渭萎蟽蔚喂 蠈位伪 蠈蟽伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀, 蠈位伪 蔚魏蔚委谓伪 蟺慰蠀 伪尉委味慰蠀谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维.
螣 Laarmans 蠅蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 蔚蟺伪谓蔚渭蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 维位位伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪, 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 谓伪 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 蟽蠉渭尾慰位慰 蟿慰蠀 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蟺维谓蟿伪 胃伪 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓蔚喂 蔚纬魏位蠅尾喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 胃维位伪蟽蟽伪 魏伪位蠋谓 蟺蟻慰胃苇蟽蔚蠅谓, 苇谓伪蟼 谓伪蠀伪纬蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 渭喂伪 蟽魏喂维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿伪 蟿蟻伪渭 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 未蟻蠈渭慰蠀蟼 渭喂伪蟼 渭蔚纬伪位慰蠉蟺慰位畏蟼, 蟺慰蠀 蟺维谓蟿伪 胃伪 未蠀蟽伪谓伪蟽蠂蔚蟿蔚委 魏伪喂 胃伪 伪蟽蠁蠀魏蟿喂维, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺慰蟿苇 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 尉蔚蠁蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 渭喂魏蟻蠈魏慰蟽渭蠈 蟿慰蠀.
July 31, 2011
Mmmm cheese. What a totally delectable foodstuff. The cheese of choice within this literary morsel (and random surprise left-field 1001 books choice) is Edam. Personally I'm more of a Halloumi or Cave-Aged Gruyere person myself but I guess, much like the 1001 list, there is no accounting for taste. The novella itself is surprisingly Edam-y in outward appearance, a bright red waxy cover surrounding a slim creamy tranche of paper, however the content are to the contrary, quite un-cheesy.
Willem Elsschot has written a slightly odd, but delightful parable of a man who bites off more cheese than he can chew. Frans Laarmans wants nothing more than to better himself and the lot of his family. And how does a lowly shipping clerk go about making his millions? In cheese of course, why it's practically soft yellow gold!
Ok, it's not really but everyone has to start somewhere. Richard Branson started out with magazine publishing and Alan Sugar started his multi-million pound slush fund by selling Beetroot so perhaps cheese isn't that weird a product choice. However, unlike Sugar and Branson, Laarmans is clearly lacking in some fundamental elements of business acumen but that's not going to deter him! He's got the rest sussed though; powerful backer, good contacts, a nice line in office stationery and posh desk.
In some ways it's a good thing that the book is mercifully short as Laarman's is a fairly likeable chap and I don't think I'd like to have read about his crumbling cheese empire if it was spread over many more pages . Ultimately a tale of "keeping up with the Joneses" (or Kardashians depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on) told through the medium of cheese.
Willem Elsschot has written a slightly odd, but delightful parable of a man who bites off more cheese than he can chew. Frans Laarmans wants nothing more than to better himself and the lot of his family. And how does a lowly shipping clerk go about making his millions? In cheese of course, why it's practically soft yellow gold!
Ok, it's not really but everyone has to start somewhere. Richard Branson started out with magazine publishing and Alan Sugar started his multi-million pound slush fund by selling Beetroot so perhaps cheese isn't that weird a product choice. However, unlike Sugar and Branson, Laarmans is clearly lacking in some fundamental elements of business acumen but that's not going to deter him! He's got the rest sussed though; powerful backer, good contacts, a nice line in office stationery and posh desk.
In some ways it's a good thing that the book is mercifully short as Laarman's is a fairly likeable chap and I don't think I'd like to have read about his crumbling cheese empire if it was spread over many more pages . Ultimately a tale of "keeping up with the Joneses" (or Kardashians depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on) told through the medium of cheese.
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June 3, 2020I
Beware of friends bearing cheese.
II
This could be my book of the year. It is a modern fable.
III
I am not sure that I want to write anything more at this point. So I won't.
IV
This could have been my best written review of the year - if only it had been shorter...
June 2020
Beware of friends bearing cheese.
II
This could be my book of the year. It is a modern fable.
III
I am not sure that I want to write anything more at this point. So I won't.
IV
This could have been my best written review of the year - if only it had been shorter...
June 2020
March 26, 2018
Eigenlijk is dit boek(je) de perfectie. Geen woord te veel, en toch wordt er zo ontzettend veel verteld. De personages, de hopeloosheid van de onderneming en de evolutie van het hoofdpersonage (die er uiteindelijk geen is) worden haarscherp geschetst. Echt alles in dit boek is zo ontzettend raak.
Ondanks zijn perfectie (na lange lange twijfel) toch maar vier sterren, omdat het geen boek is dat me zwaar wist te ontroeren. Komt zeker doordat het over kaas gaat.
Mochten het nu nog tulpenbollen geweest zijn.
Ondanks zijn perfectie (na lange lange twijfel) toch maar vier sterren, omdat het geen boek is dat me zwaar wist te ontroeren. Komt zeker doordat het over kaas gaat.
Mochten het nu nog tulpenbollen geweest zijn.
June 8, 2023
What should you do if you feel ashamed of being a clerk, a member of a team whose wildest adventure in life is to turn the chairs in the office around? Well, Frans Laarmans finds a solution to this dilemma - you could sell huge quantities of cheese, even if you detest the stuff and have no experience of selling anything. Frans takes enormous pains to create the perfect office for himself and gives a lot of thought to the cheese stored up and waiting for a purchaser (or a thousand purchasers) but his efforts to make a success of his new career reminded me of Mr Bean's attempts to cook a Christmas dinner!
This little book is wonderful - it is a classic but keeps the reader's attention and good will throughout.
If you read it in Dutch, you will probably need a dictionary but you will not be pulling out your hair wondering what the author could possibly have meant! I shall certainly be returning to this tale when I need a dose of pure entertainment!
This little book is wonderful - it is a classic but keeps the reader's attention and good will throughout.
If you read it in Dutch, you will probably need a dictionary but you will not be pulling out your hair wondering what the author could possibly have meant! I shall certainly be returning to this tale when I need a dose of pure entertainment!
January 10, 2025
Esta obra, publicada en 1933, me ha sorprendido por su humor y ligereza, una buena lectura que te hace pensar. Y no, no tiene nada que ver con los libros de autoayuda . 驴O quiz谩 s铆? Porque el tema es el progreso social, escalar posiciones en la jerarqu铆a establecida, 'the rat race' que dicen los americanos.
Frans Laarmans es un empleado de un astillero en Amberes, satisfecho con su trabajo de oficinista, hasta que le hacen una proposici贸n para convertirse en representante de un queso holand茅s y, por tanto, ascender a hombre de negocios. Obviamente, Frans no cuenta con ninguna de las cualidades requeridas y la narraci贸n - en primera persona - ser谩 un cat谩logo de errores de gesti贸n, hilarante pero al mismo tiempo desesperante. Toda una f谩bula moral que se completa con interesantes personajes del entorno: la familia, las (falsas) amistades, los compa帽eros de trabajo... sus actitudes ser谩n importantes en la peripecia del protagonista que nos tiene en vilo durante 200 p谩ginas.
Elsschot es un autor poco conocido aqu铆, pero en B茅lgica este libro es de lectura obligatoria en las escuelas.
Frans Laarmans es un empleado de un astillero en Amberes, satisfecho con su trabajo de oficinista, hasta que le hacen una proposici贸n para convertirse en representante de un queso holand茅s y, por tanto, ascender a hombre de negocios. Obviamente, Frans no cuenta con ninguna de las cualidades requeridas y la narraci贸n - en primera persona - ser谩 un cat谩logo de errores de gesti贸n, hilarante pero al mismo tiempo desesperante. Toda una f谩bula moral que se completa con interesantes personajes del entorno: la familia, las (falsas) amistades, los compa帽eros de trabajo... sus actitudes ser谩n importantes en la peripecia del protagonista que nos tiene en vilo durante 200 p谩ginas.
Elsschot es un autor poco conocido aqu铆, pero en B茅lgica este libro es de lectura obligatoria en las escuelas.
July 26, 2023
In deze roman uit 1933 grijpt Elsschot terug op zijn ervaring bij een scheepvaartbedrijf in Rotterdam in de eerste jaren van de twintigste eeuw. Hij geeft ook een knipoog naar zijn eerste roman ,Villa de Roses. In Kaas beschrijft hij cynisch het kapitalisme; de hoofdpersoon Laarmans handelt in kaas, terwijl hij een hekel aan kaas heeft. Eerst is er bluf, later is er de ontgoocheling. Een verhaal dat zijn zeggingskracht behoudt.
May 9, 2021
Although I love cheese, I don't know what to say about this book. I think I had to read it when I was younger for school (I remember it vaguely). Now I wanted to read it because I love cheese. It was hard to read because it had the old Dutch language and this will cost points. It was lengthy about what the character was doing, however, he missed the plot of selling. He was short on that. People found this book funny, I still haven't found the humor in it. It wasn't a bad story.
December 7, 2024
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November 13, 2017
Kaaswinkel, kaasindustrie, kaashandelaar, kaasonderneming, kaassoort, kaasverkoop, kaasleider, kaasgeschiedenis, kaasstandaard, kaastraditie, kaasmakker, kaaslegende, kaasgebied, kaasboerin, kaasvracht, kaasopwelling, kaasramp.
Kaas van Elsschot is de oerklassieker van de Antwerpse letteren. Het staat nog steeds op tal van schoollijstjes, waar het gretig gelezen wordt, niet in het minst omdat het vaak het dunste boekje van die lijst is. Recent werd het voor de tigste keer heruitgegeven.
De nieuwe reeks bij uitgeverij Polis vormt een prima aanleiding om Elsschot nog eens te herlezen en eigenlijk zou iedereen dit om de zoveel jaar eens moeten doen. Om zijn spaarzame, maar rake frasen, zijn smakelijke 鈥榗ouleur locale鈥�, zijn uitgekiende karakters鈥ewoon om te weten wat goede literatuur is.
Hoe klein Kaas ook is, toch valt je telkens weer iets anders op. Deze keer waren het de slaapkamersc猫nes. In hoofdstuk 2 komt Laarmans licht aangeschoten thuis en probeert hij zich zo stil mogelijk uit te kleden, want de vrouw slaapt al en hij houdt niet van gezanik. Maar als hij op 茅茅n been gaat staan om zijn eerste kous uit te trekken, valt Laarmans tegen de nachttafel en zijn vrouw schiet wakker. 鈥淪chaam je,鈥� begint ze. Daarna gaat onverwacht de bel en van haar tirade komt niet veel meer in huis. Saved by the bell!
Later in de novelle vormt het echtelijke bed het strijdtoneel voor nachtelijke besprekingen. Hoewel hij dat niet zou toegeven, is Laarmans鈥� vrouw best wel geslepen (zij snapt meer van het kaascontract dan Laarmans zelf) en Laarmans bespreekt zijn kaaszaken dan ook graag met haar in bed, maar dan wel in het donker.
Het zijn dergelijke kleine dingen die opvallen, details van levenswijsheid en kleinmenselijkheid. Die maken het herlezen van Elsschot telkens weer de moeite waard. Laat het boek gerust op schoollijstjes staan, maar lees het vooral later terug.
De ontdekking binnen deze nieuwe Elsschot-reeks blijft De Verlossing, maar wat deed het deugd om ook Elsschots kaasklassieker nog eens te herlezen.
PS: Ik zwaaide al meermaals met lof voor de nieuwe Elsschot-reeks van Uitgeverij Polis. Helaas staat er uitgerekend op de kaft van Elsschots bekendste een dikke vette fout. Laarmans laat zich niet door "de gehaaide patser Boorman" overhalen om kaas te gaan verkopen, wel door Mijnheer Van Schoonbeke. Boorman treedt pas later in het verhaal op als adviseur van Laarmans. Toch wel zonde!
Kaas van Elsschot is de oerklassieker van de Antwerpse letteren. Het staat nog steeds op tal van schoollijstjes, waar het gretig gelezen wordt, niet in het minst omdat het vaak het dunste boekje van die lijst is. Recent werd het voor de tigste keer heruitgegeven.
De nieuwe reeks bij uitgeverij Polis vormt een prima aanleiding om Elsschot nog eens te herlezen en eigenlijk zou iedereen dit om de zoveel jaar eens moeten doen. Om zijn spaarzame, maar rake frasen, zijn smakelijke 鈥榗ouleur locale鈥�, zijn uitgekiende karakters鈥ewoon om te weten wat goede literatuur is.
Hoe klein Kaas ook is, toch valt je telkens weer iets anders op. Deze keer waren het de slaapkamersc猫nes. In hoofdstuk 2 komt Laarmans licht aangeschoten thuis en probeert hij zich zo stil mogelijk uit te kleden, want de vrouw slaapt al en hij houdt niet van gezanik. Maar als hij op 茅茅n been gaat staan om zijn eerste kous uit te trekken, valt Laarmans tegen de nachttafel en zijn vrouw schiet wakker. 鈥淪chaam je,鈥� begint ze. Daarna gaat onverwacht de bel en van haar tirade komt niet veel meer in huis. Saved by the bell!
Later in de novelle vormt het echtelijke bed het strijdtoneel voor nachtelijke besprekingen. Hoewel hij dat niet zou toegeven, is Laarmans鈥� vrouw best wel geslepen (zij snapt meer van het kaascontract dan Laarmans zelf) en Laarmans bespreekt zijn kaaszaken dan ook graag met haar in bed, maar dan wel in het donker.
Het zijn dergelijke kleine dingen die opvallen, details van levenswijsheid en kleinmenselijkheid. Die maken het herlezen van Elsschot telkens weer de moeite waard. Laat het boek gerust op schoollijstjes staan, maar lees het vooral later terug.
De ontdekking binnen deze nieuwe Elsschot-reeks blijft De Verlossing, maar wat deed het deugd om ook Elsschots kaasklassieker nog eens te herlezen.
PS: Ik zwaaide al meermaals met lof voor de nieuwe Elsschot-reeks van Uitgeverij Polis. Helaas staat er uitgerekend op de kaft van Elsschots bekendste een dikke vette fout. Laarmans laat zich niet door "de gehaaide patser Boorman" overhalen om kaas te gaan verkopen, wel door Mijnheer Van Schoonbeke. Boorman treedt pas later in het verhaal op als adviseur van Laarmans. Toch wel zonde!
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March 13, 2025lwk loved it
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December 2, 2021
Wie een recensie schrijft over een boek van Elsschot, moet dat doen zoals de man zelf schreef. Kort en bondig. Welnu, het waanzinnig geestige en toch ontroerende Kaas kan in mijn lijstje van mijn favoriete boeken. Einde van deze kaasbespreking.
September 15, 2017
In high school I had no interest at all in Dutch literature.* It was English books I felt drawn towards - the amazing fantasy novels I discovered in my childhood and their spinoffs such as urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Even English classics were preferable to the literature of my country, as the stories of Austen and Dickens held their own kind of nostalgic magic.
It's only now that I am moving to England, probably for at least three years, that I feel the urge to discover the books that have shaped the country I was born in. So far, my only experience with Dutch lit has been through the dreaded reading-list enforced upon reluctant teens. Even the most wonderful occupation can be made dreary by making it mandatory, and unsurprisingly, I didn't even read half of the books I was supposed to.
A few days ago I found Kaas ("Cheese") by Willem Elsschot for a few euro in my favourite second-hand bookshop. The title intrigues: is this a book about cheese? How can cheese be interesting? Unlike my fellow countrypeoples who seem to inhale the yellow flubbetygoop like no tomorrow, I have quite a strong dislike for most cheeses. In my mind, Dutch lit is connected to pretentiousness and obscure writing, and this common object seemed to be antithetical to that.
Kaas, against all my expectations, is perfectly readable. I even have something in common with the main character, who does not like cheese either. Yet, in order to become more important in the world than a lowly clerk, he becomes a merchant of cheese. Frans Laarmans is a proud man and no reliable narrator. Humor is created by the discrepancy between how Laarmans views himself and his situation and what the reader - reading between the lines - knows. It's witty, but at the expense of Laarmans. To my own surprise, I enjoyed this short tragedy of a person that is not likeable but ultimately still gives rise to sympathy (or pity, perhaps).
I find it ironic that emigrating to a different country finally sparked an interest in my national literature. Though perhaps that does make sense. This way I can take a little bit of home with me when I move, even if I wanted nothing to do with these books when I grew up.
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* Willem Elsschot is Belgian, and as such, Kaas might more properly be seen as Flemish literature. It has been part of the Dutch-language canon though, so I hope everyone will forgive me for calling it "Dutch literature".
It's only now that I am moving to England, probably for at least three years, that I feel the urge to discover the books that have shaped the country I was born in. So far, my only experience with Dutch lit has been through the dreaded reading-list enforced upon reluctant teens. Even the most wonderful occupation can be made dreary by making it mandatory, and unsurprisingly, I didn't even read half of the books I was supposed to.
A few days ago I found Kaas ("Cheese") by Willem Elsschot for a few euro in my favourite second-hand bookshop. The title intrigues: is this a book about cheese? How can cheese be interesting? Unlike my fellow countrypeoples who seem to inhale the yellow flubbetygoop like no tomorrow, I have quite a strong dislike for most cheeses. In my mind, Dutch lit is connected to pretentiousness and obscure writing, and this common object seemed to be antithetical to that.
Kaas, against all my expectations, is perfectly readable. I even have something in common with the main character, who does not like cheese either. Yet, in order to become more important in the world than a lowly clerk, he becomes a merchant of cheese. Frans Laarmans is a proud man and no reliable narrator. Humor is created by the discrepancy between how Laarmans views himself and his situation and what the reader - reading between the lines - knows. It's witty, but at the expense of Laarmans. To my own surprise, I enjoyed this short tragedy of a person that is not likeable but ultimately still gives rise to sympathy (or pity, perhaps).
I find it ironic that emigrating to a different country finally sparked an interest in my national literature. Though perhaps that does make sense. This way I can take a little bit of home with me when I move, even if I wanted nothing to do with these books when I grew up.
--
* Willem Elsschot is Belgian, and as such, Kaas might more properly be seen as Flemish literature. It has been part of the Dutch-language canon though, so I hope everyone will forgive me for calling it "Dutch literature".
November 26, 2020
3.5 stars. An entertaining, light, humorous novella about 50 year old Frans Laarmans, a shipping clerk for over thirty years. He is offered a job importing Edam cheese from Holland. He agrees to becoming a wholesale cheese merchant despite not liking cheese! Problems arise when the first shipment of cheese arrives. He doesn鈥檛 know what to do with 10,000 red skinned cheeses.
His efforts to mix with successful businessmen produces some awkward, humorous moments. It鈥檚 a concise satire on the problems of social climbing.
This book was first published in the Dutch language in 1933.
His efforts to mix with successful businessmen produces some awkward, humorous moments. It鈥檚 a concise satire on the problems of social climbing.
This book was first published in the Dutch language in 1933.
December 31, 2023
Who does not want to be regarded as an important person? The akwardness Frans Laarmans gets to deal with, is obvious from the beginning. Yet, or maybe even because of that, this history is a sort of a page turner: you definitely want to know how this develops. Elsschot offers us a fairly down-to-earth language, with just enough touches of his sense of humour, to keep at least me interested. Say 鈥榗heese鈥�, and you get me smiling. Nicely done. JM
January 23, 2025
Een prima boek, leuker dan ik had verwacht, en soms ook best grappig, maar ik vond t niet heel bijzonder. (Zeker aangezien ik, voordat ik begon te lezen, dacht dat dit boek vanuit het perspectief van een muis zou zijn. Ik weet niet waarom ik dat dacht, maar het was jammer dat t niet zo was.)
June 13, 2018
It is easy to be cynical about a short novella which features a man who sells Edam cheese. Elsschot's story isn't all that original - a classic tale of hubris, of wanting more than life is willing to endow you with. But 'Kaas' is so charmingly written, and the humor is so understatedly funny that the story really does become more than the sum of its parts.
Poor old Frans Laarmans - he is out buying a desk before he has even sold a single slice of cheese, and when he does make a sale, he takes a taxi to deliver it. The man obviously didn't ask for his new position as a cheese salesman, but he does enjoy the increase in status that comes with it. He engages in small talk with his new salesman friends, inadvertently becomes the hero of the Cheesemakers Association and, well, he never really gets a say in his own actions.
It's a brilliant move by Elsschot to make him sell cheese - a very banal, dispendable product which Laarmans does not even like himself. And as Laarmans makes his way through the streets with three big wheels of cheese on his back, you can't help but sympathise. In a way, it's very Kafkaesque, but I'd rather grab a beer with Elsschot than with Kafka. It's just a very merry and human display.
So by all means - 'Kaas'. A rather masterful and controlled novella, where Elsschot's brilliant style is on full display. Do read it. It's just great fun.
Poor old Frans Laarmans - he is out buying a desk before he has even sold a single slice of cheese, and when he does make a sale, he takes a taxi to deliver it. The man obviously didn't ask for his new position as a cheese salesman, but he does enjoy the increase in status that comes with it. He engages in small talk with his new salesman friends, inadvertently becomes the hero of the Cheesemakers Association and, well, he never really gets a say in his own actions.
It's a brilliant move by Elsschot to make him sell cheese - a very banal, dispendable product which Laarmans does not even like himself. And as Laarmans makes his way through the streets with three big wheels of cheese on his back, you can't help but sympathise. In a way, it's very Kafkaesque, but I'd rather grab a beer with Elsschot than with Kafka. It's just a very merry and human display.
So by all means - 'Kaas'. A rather masterful and controlled novella, where Elsschot's brilliant style is on full display. Do read it. It's just great fun.
July 26, 2024
Meesterwerk van Elsschot. Prachtige karakterisering, eenvoudig verhaal, maar ijzersterke structuur. Laarmans als antiheld, het burgermannetje dat zich tot meer in staat voelt dan hij kan. Meelijwekkende zweem.
March 11, 2025
"Door iedereen verlaten moet ik den kaasdraak zelf te lijf."
November 30, 2024
Fantastisch
July 2, 2023
dit was oprecht hilarisch
August 28, 2011
Demi keju, harapan keju, mimpi keju
Summary:
Aku, Frans Laarmans, adalah seoarng kerani di sebuah perusahaan galangan kapal. Suatu malam, aku harus menemui kenyataan bahwa ibuku harus berpulang ke Surga. Dari prosesi pemakaman, aku dipertemukan dan mengenal Mijnheer van Schoonbeke, yang membukakan pintu usaha baru untukku, berdagang keju. Dengan dukungan istri dan kedua anakku, aku merintis usaha perkejuan itu. Aku membuka lowongan untuk siapa saja di seluruh Belgia dan Luxemburg untuk bekerja padaku sebagai agen keju Edam yang terkenal itu. Kutunggu lamaranmu segera!
Cover-nya yang sederhana telah memikatku sejak mula. Namun, lagi-lagi, harus kutunda terus mencomot buku mungil ini setiap kali book shopping time. Dan, sebagai salah satu pengikut faham diskonisme, aku sangat bersyukur dapat menemukan buku ini di tumpukan buku obral (disc 50%) di toko buku Trimedia, Mal Ambasador. Yiiiihhaaaa...!!!
Buku ini tipis saja. Separuhnya berhasil aku selesaikan ketika menikmati ajrut-ajrutan kereta Gajayana dalam perjalanan mudik Lebaranku tahun 2011 ini sebelum jatuh tertidur dan baru kuselesaikan paruh selanjutnya ketika sampai di rumah kampungku.
Cerita dan alurnya sederhana. Sedikit tragis. Dan, hey, si Frans ini kok mirip-mirip aku, ya..., hahaha. Pria canggung. Pencemas yang selalu memperhatikan detail yang terkadang membuatnya lupa pada esensi utama dari usahanya. Frans juga adalah penggerundel ulung. Dia sering tak setuju pada banyak hal, terutama yang berhubungan dengan kakak sulungnya yang dokter itu, namun tak pernah satu kata pun sanggup terlontar dari mulutnya. Maka, protesnya selalu ia telan sendiri. Hal lain yang hampir mirip denganku adalah prinsipnya untuk setidaknya membeli sesuatu kalau sudah masuk ke dalam sebuah toko, hahaha, sekalipun yang dibelinya itu akhirnya tidak termanfaatkan (hlm: 93). Bener-bener guwe banget tuh, makanya kalau window shopping, aku hanya akan masuk ke toko yang menyediakan kebutuhanku atau kalau tidak ya... paling nggak beli tisu basah deh.
Bumbu penyedap cerita buku ini akhirnya membuatku berpikir, 鈥渉mm, nggak hanya ada di Indonesia, kok, ternyata.鈥� Apanya? Beberapa hal. Contohnya, di buku ini ada suatu ketika Frans yang lugu (sekaligus jujur) baru memahami bahwa seharusnya ia bisa saja mendapatkan keuntungan dari uang perjalanan dinasnya (SPPD?) di mana ia bisa memilih jenis tiket mahal tapi berangkat menggunakan tiket murah sehingga waktu reimburse dia dapat keuntungan atas selisihnya (hlm: 40), atau ketika ia mempermasalahkan secuil kiriman kejunya yang hilang di mana oleh petugas ekspedisi disebutkan sebagai sample waktu diperiksa pihak pabean (hlm: 85).
Menyimak 鈥渦lah鈥� Frans memang bikin gemas. Tak jarang aku kepengen ngejitak kepala Frans karena memutuskan/tidak memutuskan sesuatu yang kupikir tidak sepatutnya ia lakukan. Tak ayal, kesukaran-kesukaran yang dialaminya menenggelamkanku dalam sebuah pemahaman: 鈥済ak bakalan deh gue ngelakuin itu.鈥� Thank you, Frans! Kau membukakan pikiranku.
Oke, beberapa typo skala minor masih ada di buku ini. No problem, no biggie! Font-nya aku suka! My favorite: Georgia! Footnote-nya juga cukup bermanfaat. Formatnya yang mungil, mobile banget, jadi gampang dibawa ke sana kemari. Dan, ada tambahan catatan pengarang di belakang buku ini untuk lebih memahami maksud pengarangnya.
Selamat membaca, kawan!
Summary:
Aku, Frans Laarmans, adalah seoarng kerani di sebuah perusahaan galangan kapal. Suatu malam, aku harus menemui kenyataan bahwa ibuku harus berpulang ke Surga. Dari prosesi pemakaman, aku dipertemukan dan mengenal Mijnheer van Schoonbeke, yang membukakan pintu usaha baru untukku, berdagang keju. Dengan dukungan istri dan kedua anakku, aku merintis usaha perkejuan itu. Aku membuka lowongan untuk siapa saja di seluruh Belgia dan Luxemburg untuk bekerja padaku sebagai agen keju Edam yang terkenal itu. Kutunggu lamaranmu segera!
Cover-nya yang sederhana telah memikatku sejak mula. Namun, lagi-lagi, harus kutunda terus mencomot buku mungil ini setiap kali book shopping time. Dan, sebagai salah satu pengikut faham diskonisme, aku sangat bersyukur dapat menemukan buku ini di tumpukan buku obral (disc 50%) di toko buku Trimedia, Mal Ambasador. Yiiiihhaaaa...!!!
Buku ini tipis saja. Separuhnya berhasil aku selesaikan ketika menikmati ajrut-ajrutan kereta Gajayana dalam perjalanan mudik Lebaranku tahun 2011 ini sebelum jatuh tertidur dan baru kuselesaikan paruh selanjutnya ketika sampai di rumah kampungku.
Cerita dan alurnya sederhana. Sedikit tragis. Dan, hey, si Frans ini kok mirip-mirip aku, ya..., hahaha. Pria canggung. Pencemas yang selalu memperhatikan detail yang terkadang membuatnya lupa pada esensi utama dari usahanya. Frans juga adalah penggerundel ulung. Dia sering tak setuju pada banyak hal, terutama yang berhubungan dengan kakak sulungnya yang dokter itu, namun tak pernah satu kata pun sanggup terlontar dari mulutnya. Maka, protesnya selalu ia telan sendiri. Hal lain yang hampir mirip denganku adalah prinsipnya untuk setidaknya membeli sesuatu kalau sudah masuk ke dalam sebuah toko, hahaha, sekalipun yang dibelinya itu akhirnya tidak termanfaatkan (hlm: 93). Bener-bener guwe banget tuh, makanya kalau window shopping, aku hanya akan masuk ke toko yang menyediakan kebutuhanku atau kalau tidak ya... paling nggak beli tisu basah deh.
Bumbu penyedap cerita buku ini akhirnya membuatku berpikir, 鈥渉mm, nggak hanya ada di Indonesia, kok, ternyata.鈥� Apanya? Beberapa hal. Contohnya, di buku ini ada suatu ketika Frans yang lugu (sekaligus jujur) baru memahami bahwa seharusnya ia bisa saja mendapatkan keuntungan dari uang perjalanan dinasnya (SPPD?) di mana ia bisa memilih jenis tiket mahal tapi berangkat menggunakan tiket murah sehingga waktu reimburse dia dapat keuntungan atas selisihnya (hlm: 40), atau ketika ia mempermasalahkan secuil kiriman kejunya yang hilang di mana oleh petugas ekspedisi disebutkan sebagai sample waktu diperiksa pihak pabean (hlm: 85).
Menyimak 鈥渦lah鈥� Frans memang bikin gemas. Tak jarang aku kepengen ngejitak kepala Frans karena memutuskan/tidak memutuskan sesuatu yang kupikir tidak sepatutnya ia lakukan. Tak ayal, kesukaran-kesukaran yang dialaminya menenggelamkanku dalam sebuah pemahaman: 鈥済ak bakalan deh gue ngelakuin itu.鈥� Thank you, Frans! Kau membukakan pikiranku.
Oke, beberapa typo skala minor masih ada di buku ini. No problem, no biggie! Font-nya aku suka! My favorite: Georgia! Footnote-nya juga cukup bermanfaat. Formatnya yang mungil, mobile banget, jadi gampang dibawa ke sana kemari. Dan, ada tambahan catatan pengarang di belakang buku ini untuk lebih memahami maksud pengarangnya.
Selamat membaca, kawan!
August 25, 2011
What a delightful little book and an interesting addition to the 1001 list, in fact I would probably never have even heard of it otherwise. Elsscot true genius is to take such a banal, mundane subject matter as Edam cheese and turning it into something rather more interesting..
Frans Laarmans is a bored shipping clerk who after the funeral of his mother enters into the world of business as a cheese magnate in an attempt to escape his humdrum life and impress his new friends whom he feels inferior to. However, Frans has no aptitude for business and is a dreamer, fritters away his time away outfitting his new office rather than actually trying to sell the product. He does not even like the cheese.
It is a good job that this is a short book as I did not find Laarmans a particularily appealing character and am not sure how I would have felt if the story had dragged on for another 100 pages or so. In the end this short book is quirky rather than being funny, sad but never tragic, a parable of everyday life, the grass is not always greener on the other side or something about birds in hand and bushes.
Frans Laarmans is a bored shipping clerk who after the funeral of his mother enters into the world of business as a cheese magnate in an attempt to escape his humdrum life and impress his new friends whom he feels inferior to. However, Frans has no aptitude for business and is a dreamer, fritters away his time away outfitting his new office rather than actually trying to sell the product. He does not even like the cheese.
It is a good job that this is a short book as I did not find Laarmans a particularily appealing character and am not sure how I would have felt if the story had dragged on for another 100 pages or so. In the end this short book is quirky rather than being funny, sad but never tragic, a parable of everyday life, the grass is not always greener on the other side or something about birds in hand and bushes.
December 20, 2023
Heerlijk. Wat een schitterend personage is Laarmans toch!
May 18, 2019
Elsschot weet de menselijke psyche knap bloot te leggen doordat de angsten en pretenties van de hoofdpersoon, verbeeld als een soort verheven kleinburgerlijkheid, nog even goed van toepassing zijn op deze tijd als dat het toen stof deed opwaaien. Alleen speelt deze kleinburgerlijkheid zich nu meer af in de digitale coulissen dan dat wij er op straat mee te koop lopen. Kaas greep me ondanks zijn krachtig afgemeten taalgebruik niet als 'n meesterwerk - minder dan Karakter van Bordewijk -, maar het smaakt wel naar meer.
September 24, 2023
Simpelweg een hilarisch boek. De taal, de gebeurtenissen, de karakters; het is allemaal uiterst lachwekkend. Zeker een aanrader, ook voor mensen die anders niet zo snel grijpen naar een 鈥榣iterair鈥� boek.
October 28, 2022
Geniaal, geestig en op het einde ook nog eens erg mooi.
March 18, 2025
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January 20, 2010
A lightly absurd novella of a man temperamentally unsuited for business going into business, like a Magnus Mills story grounded in the anxieties of middle class realism. Also a masterful piece of understatement in which the humor and the dramatic stakes of events come through in what's not said directly, especially when the narrator's self-knowledge is awkwardly out of sync with the world. When I finished reading, I was disappointed Cheese wasn't longer but not because there was anything missing - I just wanted to keep enjoying it. And I don't know if Camus read Elsschot before writing The Stranger a decade later, but there are some fascinating - though probably coincidental - similarities between them.
May 4, 2021
鈥淢ijn kaasbeproeving is verdiend.鈥�
Hahahahahhahahahahahahahahaahahhaahahaha!
鈥淒e kaastoren is ingestort.鈥�
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha wooooooow
Hahahahahhahahahahahahahahaahahhaahahaha!
鈥淒e kaastoren is ingestort.鈥�
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha wooooooow
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