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Cannonball。她在Lucette ter BorgHer debut won the Debutants Prize in 2005家。她主要研究斯拉夫语和历史教育学。她的第一本小说 TheLucette Borg(1962-) terBerlin (2004) 年是One Minutes a 编Montana 于奖年Handelsblad 艺术评论的Kragten 在Gift from合写年NRC 作家 , 也是位一2005获, 在德国 , 法国 , 英国均有出版。Michiel 篇小说 , 与短辑得 DebutantsWorld 在她2008了图画小说 TheArnica 二本小说第的2011版。出Lucette ter Borg (1962) is an author and art critic for NRC Handelsblad. She studied Slavic Languages and Historical Pedagogy.Her debut The Gift from Berlin (2004) was awarded with the Debutants Prize in 2005 and has been published in Germany, Franceand the United Kingdom. She edited the English short stories in World One Minutes and wrote the graphic novel The Cannonballtogether with Michiel Kragten in 2008. In 2011 her second novel called Arnica Montana was published.
Lucette ter Borg – The Gift from BerlinAt the age of 76, widower Andreas, a former forester from Bohemia, estranged from hischildren, sells his house and furniture and moves to the Canadian wilderness, taking only theBechstein grandpiano of his beloved wife, a soprano singer greatly admired by Hitler. There,in unspoilt nature, he thinks that he will finally be able to re-build his relationship with hisfavourite son, go hiking and find time to garden, watch the birds and play all the arias his wifesang to enchant her audiences.But things turn out to be more complicated than that, and he has to make great efforts to seewhat he wants to see and hear what he wants to hear. He reminisces about the magicmoment in 1942 when, sitting in front of the radio, he heard for the first time, live fromBerlin, his wife’s wonderful, warm soprano singing Beethoven’s Ode an die Freude, while thefirst bombs hit the city…. The events of the past are inescapable but can they be laid to rest?Perhaps now it is time to talk to his children.Rights sold to:Germany, WallsteinCanada, Cormorant BooksFrance, Maren SellAwarded with:Debutants Prize 2005FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATIONAVAILABLE‘The Gift from Berlin is a fascinating biography. Lucette ter Borg is a top notch storyteller’ –Nederlands Dagblad‘Besides giving powerful descriptions of atmosphere and a strong structure, the keys to thisdebut are the descriptions of the tragedy that is everyday life’ – de Volkskrant‘Lucette ter Borg researched her family story carefully, but the result is a genuine andimpressive novel.’ – Brabants DagbladAuthor: Lucette ter BorgAuthor: Lucette ter BorgTitle: The Gift From Berlin (fiction)Title: Arnica Montana (fiction)Original title: Het cadeau uit BerlijnOriginal title: ValkruidPublished: 2004 Published: 2011Size: 272 pages / 73.000 wordsSize: 224 pages / 74.000 wordsRights sold to:Germany, WallsteinLucette ter Borg – Arnica MontanaArnica Montana covers the mountains with magnificent yellow flowers in spring. The planthas healing properties for treating bruises but causes blisters when misapplied.Sigrid has played the violin for as long as she can remember. Her father recognized her greattalent and she became the star of his orchestra in Austria. But Sigrid is now twenty-six andher skill is waning. Even in a second-rate Dutch provincial orchestra her mistakes are obvious.In contrast, her sister Valentine, also married to a Dutch man, was not interested in pursuinga musical career although she played the piano in a family orchestra.For the first time in thirty years the sisters spend a holiday together. Valentine is under themisconception that the journey is just for fun – a time for the sisters to reminisce and shareold jokes. But why is Sigrid always carrying her violin case with her? And why won’t she playfor Valentine? What are they doing visiting the cities of old violinmakers? During the holidayshe discovers that sisterly love is compromised by envy, resentment and jealousy.Arnica Montana is a novel about two musically gifted women losing their ambition. But it isalso about the resourceful way in which people deceive themselves. What are the façadesthat Valentine and Sigrid are hiding behind and why? The journey comes to a bizarreconclusion with a drinking party in a brewery at the foot of one the most haunting mountains in Germany.
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