woensdag 5 april 2017

Mystery

I noticed this car along a canal in Amsterdam with a quote on its backwindow. Probably the car belongs to a publisher because the text: "Reading in Hendrik Groen is laughing and crying at the same time"  refers to a dutch book written by "Hendrik Groen".

The book is about an old man who describes his life in an eldery home in Amsterdam. For two years the writer "Hendrik Groen" was an unkown mystery for everyone as he didn't want to make himself known. Since a year his identity has been revealed, it is Peter de Smet, a 61 years old man living in Amsterdam who used to work for a conservatory and never has written a book before.
Linking to "signs, signs"

18 opmerkingen:

  1. Ik heb het boek wel zien liggen bij de boekhandel maar ken het verhaal niet. Dit is wel een originele manier om reclame te maken!

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  2. Quite young to be living in a home for the elderly. It must certainly be interesting to read.

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  3. I would think it must be a publishing executive.

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  4. You had a good eyes to find this car and text.

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  5. It's good advertising -- it makes me want to read the author's books!

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  6. Good and inexpensive advertising, I bet lots of curious people looked it up on google. Nice find.

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  7. Perhaps that is Peter de Smet's own car? Good find, and thank you for explaining the quote.

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  8. That's a very interesting, unusual and inexpensive way to advertise.

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  9. Interesting. I have that same model car in a different color!

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  10. You've got to start somewhere for the first book!

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  11. I am thinking 61 seems awfully young to be in a senior home?

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    1. I think he visits there someone who tells hem stories about the ins and outs of the home and his inhabitants.It is all rather mysterious, but the book is a bestseller.

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  12. Uma nova e interessante forma de fazer publicidade.
    Um abraço e continuação de boa semana.

    Andarilhar
    Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
    Livros-Autografados

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  13. I think the person he visits may also deserve some credit for being a great storyteller. :-)

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  14. Always an interesting story in nursing homes. I like your header.
    MB

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