Alfred Birney schrijver, webfreak, gitarist

Archive for September 2000

Vertrouwd en vreemd

In Boeken on 28 September 2000 tagged Indonesië, Nederland, vrouwen with Comments Off

Vertrouwd en vreemd Esther Captain, Marieke Hellevoort en Marian van der Klein (redactie) Hilversum, uitgeverij Verloren, 2000 Paperback, 280 blz, geïllustreerd Cover Het Lab Arnhem, Josee Langen Foto omslag: familiebezit Esther Captain ISBN 90 6550 6225 Bestel: BolCom Dit boek verscheen als deel 12 in de serie Tipje van de Sluier en is een uitgave [...]

Without a face

In Short stories on 15 September 2000 tagged indië, indo, japan, java, man, Soerabaja with Comments Off

My only memory of my grandmother is the one of her grave. My father’s only memory of his grandmother is the one of her funeral. I don’t know what I received from my grandmother by way of heredity. My father doesn’t know what he received from his grandmother, and couldn’t ask her anymore by the [...]

Waking Up

In Short stories on 4 September 2000 tagged indo, japan, radio with Comments Off

The background was black with a few strokes of indigo, randomly brushed in so it seemed, or were they the first attempts of a budding Chinese calligrapher? Then there was a noise. I couldn’t bring the sound home. But the sound took shape: in the dark distance, wasn’t I seeing the contours of a mountain [...]

The phenomenal catfish

In Short stories on 1 September 2000 tagged Indisch, water with Comments Off

I don’t know what I’m supposed to think, Birney, confronting me with a fish and then your just staying mum for the rest. You’ve changed, buddy. You’re not the free spirit of the old days who trekked around with his guitar and played on street corners and in cafés to earn his daily bread, with [...]