I think I must make a pilgimage to Belgian Ghent, to the Limerick bookstore; from afar I express my great admiration for their Hermans kamer, a room -- shrine ! -- holding the ... typewriter collection of the great W.F.Hermans.
I can not express how in awe I am of this.
I mean ... well, take a look:
![Hermans kamer]()
First off ... typerwriters !
Second: Willem Frederik Hermans ! The list of under-appreciated, under-translated Dutch and Flemish authors is long, but Hermans is one of the greats -- Beyond Sleep and The Dark Room of Damokles have made it into English, Au Pair, De tranen der acacia's, and too much else hasn't.
I know nothing about this bookstore, but next time I'm anywhere near that neighborhood ..... And if you're passing through or near Ghent, how could you not go ! (Meanwhile: pick up some Hermans, wherever you can !)
(Via.)
I can not express how in awe I am of this.
I mean ... well, take a look:
First off ... typerwriters !
Second: Willem Frederik Hermans ! The list of under-appreciated, under-translated Dutch and Flemish authors is long, but Hermans is one of the greats -- Beyond Sleep and The Dark Room of Damokles have made it into English, Au Pair, De tranen der acacia's, and too much else hasn't.
I know nothing about this bookstore, but next time I'm anywhere near that neighborhood ..... And if you're passing through or near Ghent, how could you not go ! (Meanwhile: pick up some Hermans, wherever you can !)
(Via.)