Highlights
If you’re unsure where to start, here are three posts that can serve as your entryway into the types of books I like to cover.
Pond
An odd collection of short stories by Claire-Louise Bennett, and a bit of a cult-classic. A book about solitude that made me want to inhabit a cottage somewhere and pay more attention to every little thing.
Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennett
“In solitude, you don’t need to make an impression on the world, so the world has some opportunity to make an impression on you.”
Daniël van der Winden
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
Werner Herzog’s memoir can't be trusted, and that makes it a brilliant read.
Every Man for Himself and God Against All, by Werner Herzog
Herzog has lived many lives and exudes an endless curiosity — as if, as a child, he fell into a Bavarian creek awash with potion and clambered out anew, like some German Obelix.
Daniël van der Winden
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
An all-time classic novel, written by Roddy Doyle, about a boy in Dublin whose world is small and whose imagination looms large.
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, by Roddy Doyle
The perfect balance between humour and heartbreak: a vivid portrait of childhood innocence set against a backdrop of a family’s quiet collapse.
Daniël van der Winden