Books by Arthur Japin and Complete Book Reviews

Director's Cut
Director's Cut
Arthur Japin, Author, David Colmer, Translator , trans. from the Dutch by David Colmer. Knopf $27.95 (339p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4062-9
This story of romance between a young Dutch actress and a slightly fictionalized Federico Fellini flounders on poor plotting and overwrought prose. After being reared by a demanding father, Gala and an ambiguous male companion named Maxim travel to...
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The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
Arthur Japin, Author, Ina Rilke, Translator Alfred A. Knopf $26.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-375-40675-1
Dutch singer/actor Japin's debut draws on extraordinary real-life material: in 1837 two young Ashanti princes, Kwasi and Kwame, were taken to Holland, ostensibly to receive a European education, but in fact as peons in a cynical exchange between the
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In Lucia's Eyes
In Lucia's Eyes
Arthur Japin, Author, David Colmer, Translator , trans. from the Dutch by David Colmer. Knopf $24 (235p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4464-1
Set in the mid-18th century, Dutch author Japin's elegant second novel (after The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi ) richly imagines the plight of Casanova's first youthful heartbreak. Lucia is 14 and a servant girl in a noble house in Pasiano,...
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