Dimitri Verhulst: Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol(2008)

Translation: Veronika ter Harmsel Havlíková, Mladá fronta 2011

The aim of this provocative book is nothing lesser than to give a concise history of time in 150 pages. The history of man since he crawled from the sea until the time he used the atomic bomb resembles a grotesque farce. This is underlined by the playful language which does not even attempt to conceal the omnipresent sarcasm. 

DIMITRI VERHULST IN PRAGUE
His visit to the Czech Republic is being funded by the Flemish Representation, the Flemish Literature Fund, Mladá fronta Publishing House and Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur s.r.o.

12 May, 12.00
Skleněná louka, Brno
Dimitri Verhulst will read from his successful novel and have a discussion with the students of the Dutch Studies Department and the Dutch speaking public in Brno. (only in Dutch)

13 May, 16.00 (book signing) and 17.00 (reading)
17TH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR AND LITERARY FESTIVAL BOOK WORLD PRAGUE
Industrial Palace – Holešovice Exhibition Grounds, Prague
On the occasion of the publication of the Czech translation of Dimitri Verhulst’s novel “Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol” (publ. by Mladá Fronta, transl. by V. ter Harmsel Havlíková), Verhulst, one of the most talented and popular authors in Flanders, will be a guest at the literary festival of the Book World Fair. On Friday 13 May at 16.00, he will be present for signings together with the Israeli author David Grossman in the left wing (L301). A public reading with Dimitri Verhulst (in Dutch and Czech), followed by a discussion, will be held in the Authors’ room – left wing at 17.00.