The Sorrow of Belgium

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gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:television_series
film
theater
radio play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Hugo_Claus
gptkbp:awards literary awards
gptkbp:character Father
Louis
Mother
Aunt
Marie
Gaston
gptkbp:critical_reception well-received
gptkbp:cultural_impact European_literature
Belgian_culture
gptkbp:filmography The Sorrow of Belgium (1995)
gptkbp:genre historical fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Sorrow of Belgium
gptkbp:impact literary criticism
historical understanding
Belgian_authors
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Belgian_cinema
gptkb:European_cinema
modern literature
post-colonial literature
gptkbp:influences post-war literature
Belgian_literature
gptkbp:inspiration Hugo_Claus's_life
gptkbp:ISBN 978-90-254-1001-0
gptkbp:language Dutch
gptkbp:motif war
loss
memory
childhood
gptkbp:narrativeStyle first-person
non-linear
gptkbp:pageCount 400
gptkbp:publicationDate 1983
gptkbp:publishedBy 1983
gptkbp:publisher De Bezige Bij
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:style lyrical
poetic
descriptive
reflective
gptkbp:symbolism family dynamics
Belgian_identity
war_trauma
gptkbp:theme gptkb:World_War_II
family
identity
gptkbp:translatedInto English
French