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'''''The Detour''''' (''De omweg'') is the third adult novel by [[Dutch people|Dutch]] writer [[Gerbrand Bakker (novelist)|Gerbrand Bakker]]. It was published in October 2010 and later translated into English as ''The Detour''. It is a study in self-searching, self-assertion and the nature of pain, narrated by a middle-aged Dutchwoman who has fled her husband to live in the solitude of rural Wales.<ref name="Guar1203">{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/15/the-detour-gerbrand-bakker-review | title=The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker - Review | publisher=The Guardian | date=15 March 2012 | accessdate=March 25, 2012 | author=[[John Burnside]]}}</ref> It won the [[Independent Foreign Fiction Prize]] (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-blogs-and-press/news/196/ |title=Lust in translation |work=Book Trust |author=[[Staff writer]] |date=11 April 2013 |accessdate=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-blogs-and-press/news/205 |title=Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity wins the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 |publisher=Independent Foreign Fiction Prize |date=20 May 2013 |accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:25, 24 May 2013
The Detour (De omweg) is the third adult novel by Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker. It was published in October 2010 and later translated into English as The Detour. It is a study in self-searching, self-assertion and the nature of pain, narrated by a middle-aged Dutchwoman who has fled her husband to live in the solitude of rural Wales.[1] It won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (2013).[2][3]
References
- ^ John Burnside (15 March 2012). "The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker - Review". The Guardian. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ Staff writer (11 April 2013). "Lust in translation". Book Trust. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity wins the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013". Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. 20 May 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.