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by Hans Maarten Van Den Brink (Author), Paul Vincent (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 134 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (1 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571201520
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571201525
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 501,290 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Rarely have sport and literature combined so seamlessly to produce such a small miracle of a book'. Daniel Topolski, Guardian --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


Times Literary Supplement, 2001

An impressively sustained evocation of a lost time and lost happiness... A daring first novel. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Dutch novel, beautifully written., 28 Feb 2002
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A dutch boy discovers a passion for rowing on the river alongside which he grew up, in 1930's Holland. As he and another boy are recognised for their talent as a coxless pair, and trained by a mysterious German coach, they set their sights on the Olympic Games due to be held in 1940. Like the river upon which the boys pursue their dreams, the book has many darker undercurrents. It is written almost as a memory of golden days gone by, now swept away by a war-torn Europe. The boys' passion for rowing comes from a passion for the river itself and the freedom it offers them. The river is central throughout the story. The arrival of war is a personal tragedy. This story is much more than a tale of sporting achievement. It mingles such themes as friendship, social isolation, class, coming of age and the despair of war with an inspiring story of two young men, bonded by friendship as well as by teamwork, who find brief but true freedom on the water.
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