The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories - Joost Zwagerman Genre:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) `If ever there was a

`If ever there was a cookbook to fill you with joy and happiness

With warmth and humour

The Green Years is a compassionate story of a boy's growth to manhood

Can he endure being the sorcerer's new "blessed maiden

still reeling from their sudden break-up months before

The Penguin Book of Dutch Short Stories - Joost Zwagerman Genre:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) `If ever there was aThe stories here will provoke, delight and impress. Joost Zwagerman's selection forms a fascinating guidebook to a landscape you'll surely want to wander in again.' Clare Lowden, TLS'There is a lot of northern European melancholy in the collection, though often tinged with wry humour an excellent book' Jonathan Gibbs, Minor Literatures'We were kids but good kids. If I may say so myself. We're much smarter now, so smart it's pathetic. Except for