Moor, Margriet de

The storm by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
21 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 710 libraries worldwide
On the night of January 31, 1953, a mountain of water, literally piled up out of the sea by a freak winter hurricane, swept down on the Netherlands, demolishing the dikes protecting the country and wiping a quarter of its landmass from the map. It was the worst natural disaster to strike the Netherlands in three hundred years. The author interweaves the stories of two sister, deftly alternating between the cataclysm and the long years of its grief-strewn aftermath.

Duke of Egypt by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
26 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 641 libraries worldwide
When Lucie, the owner of a horse farm, meets Joseph, a handsome drifter with gypsy roots, it is love at first sight, and as they embark on a passionate marriage, everything is perfect, until each spring when gypsy life beckons anew.

The Kreutzer Sonata : a novel by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
32 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 592 libraries worldwide
- Booksellers will be reminded of the recent success of The Emigrant (W. G. Sebald), Amsterdam (Ian McEwan), and Prague (Arthur Phillips)--beautifully crafted literary fiction with an international sensibility.- This extraordinary novel evokes powerful emotions through what the characters see and don't see, but mostly through that they hear--the language of music.- In The Kreutzer Sonata, de Moor's subtle, lyrical prose, with its undercurrent of menace, keeps the reader turning pages to the end.

The virtuoso by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
51 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 527 libraries worldwide
A romance in 18th century Naples between a woman opera lover and a castrated opera singer. He is Gasparo, who as a boy underwent an operation to retain his high-pitched vocal range, a custom of the day. She is Carlotta, a married woman who knew him as a child. By a Dutch writer.

First gray, then white, then blue by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
50 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 461 libraries worldwide
The enigmatic Magd's life is slowly revealed after she dies at the hands of her husband.

Dubbelportret : drie novellen by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
20 editions published between 1989 and 2001 in Dutch and German and held by 83 libraries worldwide
Drie novellen waarin de hoofdpersonen moeite hebben met het onderscheid tussen fantasie en werkelijkheid.

Zee-Binnen by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
11 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 72 libraries worldwide
Als een getrouwde man een agenda van een vrouw vindt met daarin zijn naam, leidt dat tot overspelige fantasieën.

Op de rug gezien by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
22 editions published between 1933 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 68 libraries worldwide
Verhalen over eigenwijze mensen en outcasts.

Ik droom dus : verhalen by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
13 editions published between 1995 and 1999 in Dutch and held by 65 libraries worldwide
Uiteenlopende literaire verhalen. Als leidmotief treedt in deze bundel de eensgezindheid van twee zusjes op, die constateren dat de werkelijkheid wordt gedomineerd door de literatuur.

Erst grau dann weiss dann blau : Roman by Margriet de Moor ( Book )
13 editions published between 1993 and 2011 in German and Undetermined and held by 45 libraries worldwide
Een aantal volwassen personen blijkt al even hulpeloos in zijn sociale contacten als een onhandige puber.