Ivar Hagendoorn

Ivar Hagendoorn

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Michel Houellebecq: The Elementary Particles

A friend recently told me she had read about a dozen books during an illness and wondered how many books she could have read if she hadn’t partied so much all her life. I have read many books and I often wonder how much I could have lived if I hadn’t read so much.
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Feegletscher

The Feegletscher is one of the most accessible glaciers in the Swiss Alps. The hike to or from the glacier is also quite beautiful
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Gemmi Pass

The hike across the Gemmi Pass to Lämmerenboden is a classic. Indeed, it’s referred to as a classic among the classics.
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Bøverbreen

The Bøverbreen is an arm of the Smørstabbreen glacier in Jotunheimen National Park. I had booked a guided tour to visit the glacier.
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Djuna Barnes: Nightwood

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes is one of the few books I’ve read more than once. The sentences seem to flow over the pages, at once 'heftig bewegt', then 'utterly tranquil' or 'quietly flowing' as Anton Webern annotated his Five Movements for String Quartet.
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Georges Perec: Life a User's Manual

Life A User's Manual is a book for readers, and the more you have read the more you will appreciate the subtle references to other novels and popular culture. But to say so would do injustice to a book that is quite simply a marvel to read.