Of course I'm well aware that, in the better restaurants, quality takes precedence over quantity, but you have voids and then you have voids. As Koch writes, "The first thing that struck you about Claire's plate was the vast emptiness. It's the story of two couples meeting for dinner in a sophisticated Amsterdam restaurant, the type of place where every item on the menu practically comes with a birth certificate, and in very small portions. The novel was originally published in the Netherlands in 2009 and went on to become an international best-seller. In his new book, The Dinner, Dutch author Herman Koch structures his entire plot around a five-course meal, going from aperitif to digestif. No wonder so many characters in contemporary fiction are glum: They're not hopeless they're hungry. Years will pass in a person's life without a single description of a snack. Herman Koch is a Dutch television producer and novelist.įood doesn't matter much in novels.
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