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NLPVF:: Peter van Gestel: Mariken (Mariken) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | In the company of a troop of itinerant actors, the girl has breathtaking adventures and experiences the security of living among rough actor folk, who become a kind of family to her, presenting one of Van Gestel’s favourite themes: the importance of the relationship between parents and children. |
 | | As always in Van Gestel’s writing, the reader can enjoy the animated dialogues and the polished, almost aphoristic sentences Mariken uses to question those around her about God, love, death, and the soul. |
 | | Van Gestel is strong on dialogue, his use of language is highly individual, while at the same time coming over as real vernacular. |
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