· First published in , Cheese could be taken as a parable of Marxist alienation (there are a couple of references to Soviet Russia); or you could notice the dates mentioned and make a Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Cheese: Author: Willem Elsschot: Translated by: Paul F. Vincent: Edition: reprint: Publisher: Granta Books, Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: : ISBN: Author: Willem Elsschot. · Willem Elsschot was the pseudonym of Alfons De Ridder, who is widely considered a giant in Flemish literature. All of his works are very concise and "Cheese" is no different. Within a mere pages, Elsschot humorously recounts the tale of Frans Laarmans, an ordinary clerk, who tries his hand vainly at the cheese business/5(10).
Cheese / Willem Elsschot. In nature, tragedy resides in the things that actually happen. In art it is more a matter of style than of what happens. The words of Belgian writer Willem Elsschot () in the preface to his novel Cheese (Kaas), which I read in the translation by Paul Vincent. CHEESE. Willem Elsschot, Author, Paul Vincent, Translator, trans. from the Dutch by Paul Vincent. Willem Elsschot was the pen name of Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder, an Antwerp advertising executive who became an icon of Flemish literature. CHEESE. Willem Elsschot, Author, Paul Vincent, Translator, trans. from the Dutch by Paul Vincent. Willem Elsschot was the pen name wilem Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder, an Antwerp advertising executive who became an icon of Flemish literature.
Cheese: Author: Willem Elsschot: Translated by: Paul F. Vincent: Edition: reprint: Publisher: Granta Books, Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: : ISBN. A delicious satire about business, greed, ambition and cheese - Edam's great moment in world literature. First published in Dutch in , Cheese is a comic classic in Holland and Belgium. It is a delightful period piece, but also timeless in its skewering of the pretensions and pomposity. of businessmen, as relevant now as it was when it was written. Cheese: Author: Willem Elsschot: Genre: Novel: Written: (Eng. ) Length: pages: Original in: Flemish: Availability: Cheese - US: Cheese - UK: Cheese - Canada: Cheese - India: Fromage - France: Käse - Deutschland: Formaggio olandese - Italia.
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