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The Hairdresser's Son
International Dublin Literary Award-winning Gerbrand Bakker gives voice to the visceral power of family ties in a...
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International Dublin Literary Award-winning Gerbrand Bakker gives voice to the visceral power of family ties in a novel brimming with Knausgaardian detail When his wife tells him she is pregnant, Cornelis packs his bags and boards a plane--a day later he is dead. Now grown, Simon roams the barbershop his father left him, honing razors and polishing mirrors in a shop marked FERMÉ. He sees his customers one by one, massaging scalps and shaving throats in an intimate, physical dance. There's only one customer whose presence in Simon's impeccable shop breaks this silent routine: the writer. Trimming the fine tips of the writer's eyebrows, Simon loses himself in a parallel life--one where he lives and grows old with the writer, shaping a crewcut around an "old, weathered face." The writer, looking for a life to fold into his next book, becomes entranced by the mystery surrounding Simon's father--in the patterns of their conversation, Cornelis's absence is renewed. As Simon begins to scour for the traces his father left behind, a carefully observed portrait of love and loneliness emerges. With subdued prose and bracing, sometimes pungent closeness, Gerbrand Bakker writes life itself into his characters.
Author: Gerbrand Bakker
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Published: 08/12/2025
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781962770323
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/02/2025
About the Author
Gerbrand Bakker studied Dutch historical linguistics and worked as a subtitler for nature films before becoming a gardener. His previous books include an etymological dictionary for children and the young adult novel Perenbomen bloeien wit (Pear trees bloom white). The Twin was awarded the Golden Dog-Ear, a prize for the bestselling literary debut in the Netherlands, and Archipelago's English-language edition was awarded the 2010 IMPAC Dublin Award. David Colmer is a writer and translator. He translates Dutch literature in a wide range of genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and poetry. He is a four-time winner of the David Reid Poetry Translation Prize, and received the 2009 Biennial NSW Premier and PEN Translation Prize. He received--along with Gerbrand Bakker--the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Bakker's novel The Detour. Colmer lives in Amsterdam.
Author: Gerbrand Bakker
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Published: 08/12/2025
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781962770323
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/02/2025
About the Author
Gerbrand Bakker studied Dutch historical linguistics and worked as a subtitler for nature films before becoming a gardener. His previous books include an etymological dictionary for children and the young adult novel Perenbomen bloeien wit (Pear trees bloom white). The Twin was awarded the Golden Dog-Ear, a prize for the bestselling literary debut in the Netherlands, and Archipelago's English-language edition was awarded the 2010 IMPAC Dublin Award. David Colmer is a writer and translator. He translates Dutch literature in a wide range of genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and poetry. He is a four-time winner of the David Reid Poetry Translation Prize, and received the 2009 Biennial NSW Premier and PEN Translation Prize. He received--along with Gerbrand Bakker--the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Bakker's novel The Detour. Colmer lives in Amsterdam.
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