These Are the Names, Tommy Wieringa
These Are the Names, Tommy Wieringa
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These Are the Names

Author: Tommy Wieringa, Sam Garrett

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/08/2016


Synopsis

A moody, atmospheric literary thriller and “a timeless tale of migration” (The Guardian), from one of Europe’s biggest-selling authors
 
Despite its Biblical title—which comes from the opening lines of the Book of Exodus—award-winning novelist Tommy Wieringa has crafted perhaps his most timely book yet, as he traces two stories doomed to collide. 

In one, we follow a group of starving, near-feral Eurasian refugees on a harrowing quest for survival; in the other, we follow Pontus Beg, a policeman from a small border town on the steppe, as he investigates the death of a rabbi, one of the town’s two remaining Jews. 

What follows is a gripping saga in which the two stories race toward each other, and Beg will be shaken to his core by what each one reveals about man’s dark nature, and the possibility—or impossibility—of his own redemption. A virtual parable for our times, These Are the Names offers a suspenseful reading of a crisis that continues to dominate headlines, and simultaneously explores the enduring questions of faith, identity, and what it means to be “home.”

About The Author

Tommy Wieringa is one of the bestselling authors in Dutch history. His novels include Little Caesar and Joe Speedboat, which was shortlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vivian

Boeiend verhaal, redelijk boeiende personages en oké: boeiende intertekstualiteit. Maar ook: erg traag en langdradig en dat maakt het echt een gevalletje doorworstelen, terwijl de tweede helft (Winter) veel interessanter is. Ik vond het niet erg om het te herlezen voor school, maar ben ook wel weer......more

Goodreads review by Sini

Ik ken Tommy Wieringa totaal niet, maar ik wou toch wel eens weten hoe het nou met dit boek zat: winnaar van de Librisprijs en opgehemeld door velen (vijf sterren in De Volkskrant), maar door veel anderen (bijvoorbeeld op De Reactor)totaal de grond in geboord. Zelf had ik een wat wisselende leeserva......more

Goodreads review by Marc

Wieringa certainly is one of the better writers of the moment in the Dutch language area. He also proves that with this book. After his 'Joe Speedboat', a feel-good boy's tale in a village below a Dutch dike, he tries a very different approach here. This time it is a very dark story, set in a vague......more

Goodreads review by Cosimo

"Nessuno prende la propria salvezza a cuor leggero". Questo libro è percorso da strade che conducono al nulla, costituito da luoghi che non si possono nominare né circoscrivere. E' la steppa nella quale i nomadi e gli erranti di ogni tempo si perdono e dove patiscono la fame, finché non giungono simb......more

Goodreads review by Inge

Het heeft geduurd tot aan het onderdeel 'Winter' vooraleer het boek me 'iets' begon te doen... Het duurde, naar mijn zin, te lang vooraleer de twee verhaallijnen samenkwamen. Het hoofdstukje waarin dat dan wél gebeurt, vond ik wel zeer sterk. Maar ik heb het behoorlijk lastig gehad met het metaforis......more