The Resource The dinner : a novel, Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
The dinner : a novel, Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
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- Summary
- Two couples meet for dinner at a fashionable restaurant in Amsterdam. Behind their polite conversation, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened. Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love
- Language
-
- eng
- dut
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in the Netherlands as Het diner by Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam, in 2009 ... This translation originally published, in somewhat different form, in Great Britain by Atlantic Books ... London, in 2012." --T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9780770437855
- Label
- The dinner : a novel
- Title
- The dinner
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
- Subject
-
- truePsychological suspense
- Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCandidates for public office
- trueFamilies
- Families -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueLiberalism
- trueLife change events
- trueMiddle class families
- trueNetherlands
- trueParent and child
- trueProtectiveness
- truePersonal conduct
- trueTranslations -- Dutch to English
- trueTeenage boys -- Personal conduct
- trueSatirical fiction
- trueResponsibility
- Language
-
- eng
- dut
- eng
- Summary
- Two couples meet for dinner at a fashionable restaurant in Amsterdam. Behind their polite conversation, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened. Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love
- Summary
- Over the course of a meal at a fashionable Amsterdam restaurant, two couples move from small talk during the appetizer to weightier issues. While discussing their sons -- who have done something terrible -- we learn more about what ties the families together, and what seems to be a skewering of upper-class values turns into something far more serious. -- Description by Shauna Griffin
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2014
- New York Times Notable Book, 2013
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10160717
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Koch, Herman
- Dewey number
- 839.31/364
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PT5881.21.O25
- LC item number
- D56513 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Garrett, Sam,
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Families
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The dinner : a novel, Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
- Note
- "Originally published in the Netherlands as Het diner by Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam, in 2009 ... This translation originally published, in somewhat different form, in Great Britain by Atlantic Books ... London, in 2012." --T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20635103
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9780770437855
- Lccn
- 2012025626
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn798058782
- (OCoLC)798058782
- Label
- The dinner : a novel, Herman Koch ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
- Note
- "Originally published in the Netherlands as Het diner by Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam, in 2009 ... This translation originally published, in somewhat different form, in Great Britain by Atlantic Books ... London, in 2012." --T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20635103
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9780770437855
- Lccn
- 2012025626
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn798058782
- (OCoLC)798058782
Subject
- truePsychological suspense
- Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCandidates for public office
- trueFamilies
- Families -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueLiberalism
- trueLife change events
- trueMiddle class families
- trueNetherlands
- trueParent and child
- trueProtectiveness
- truePersonal conduct
- trueTranslations -- Dutch to English
- trueTeenage boys -- Personal conduct
- trueSatirical fiction
- trueResponsibility
Genre
- trueTranslations
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- truePsychological suspense
- trueSatirical fiction
Member of
Included in
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2013
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2014
- trueAround the World
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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