Jan Brokken
Jan
Brokken was born in Holland in 1949. He has travelled all over the world
and lived in West Africa, Curacao and Venezuela. Currently he lives in
Amsterdam. He is one of Holland’s most highly regarded writers and
has published novels and short stories as well as travel narratives and
literary journalism. His passion for travel influences his fiction and
non-fiction alike.
Praise for The Rainbird
‘travel writing at its most enthralling, meaningful and engaging… Like Bruce Chatwin’s novel The Viceroy of Ouidah, about a white man’s disintegration in Africa ’ Elisabeth King, Sydney Morning Herald
‘The Rainbird is as richly textured and vibrant as the primeval forest itself’ Benedict Allen
Praise for The Rainbird
‘travel writing at its most enthralling, meaningful and engaging… Like Bruce Chatwin’s novel The Viceroy of Ouidah, about a white man’s disintegration in Africa ’ Elisabeth King, Sydney Morning Herald
‘The Rainbird is as richly textured and vibrant as the primeval forest itself’ Benedict Allen
Bibliography
Fiction
De provincie (novel, 1984)
De zee van vroeger (short stories, 1986)
Zaza en de president (novel, 1988)
Vulkanen vanaf zee (short stories, 1993)
De blinde passagiers (novel, 1995)
e droevige kampioen (novel, 1997)
Voel maar (novel, 2001)
Non-Fiction
Jungle Rudy (documentary novel, 1999)
Met musici (portraits, 1990)
Travel Narratives
De moordenaar van Ouagadougou (1989)
De regenvogel (1991)
Goedenavond, Mrs. Rhys (1992)