The Dutch Wife

I wrote this over ten years ago when I first read this book. It goes like this: This is one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in a while. It’s called The Dutch Wife and it’s by Eric McCormack. Any brief summary of the novel would be misleading. It involves a woman who marries once yet has two husb......more

In the beginning there is an epigraph that may serve as a pilot in the navigation through the troubled waters of this book. “Look at the world, with its thousands upon thousands of years of wars, plagues, famines, murders, public and private brutalities, injustices, parricides, genocides. One would h......more

Olala, quelle histoire, quel récit !!! C'est à la fois un roman d'aventures, une fable un peu folle, un thriller, un essai anthropologique... C'est plein de rebondissements, de mystères... On nous mène au bout du monde, dans des situations rocambolesques, pleines de péripéties à couper le souffle que......more

This surprising gem absolutely falls into a slot in my top ten favourite reads this year...maybe even into the top five. It is curiously intriguing, and deeply affecting. By the time it is being related to us, its “Gentle Readers,” The Dutch Wife is a third-hand story. Our narrator (presumably Mr McC......more

My completion of this book was followed by a body-wide shiver of excitement and satisfaction I've not experienced in years; instantly one of my faves! The Dutch Wife is a wonderful story of a man telling the story of a man telling the stories of his family and the stories they've told him about......more