Marjolijn Februari

Biography

Marjolijn Februari (b. 1963) studied Art History, Philosophy and Law. She was awarded a doctorate for a thesis on the clash of economics and ethics. Her debut novel, De zonen van het uitzicht (The Sons of the View), appeared in 1989. De literaire kring (The Literary Circle, 2007), which is more traditional in structure, is her second novel. She has also published several collections of essays and has been writing a Saturday column for de Volkskrant since 1999, often on the subject of justice and morality.

Titles

The Literary Circle

(De literaire kring, 2007)

Thirty-year-old Theresa Pellikaan is typical of the wealthy middle classes - with her respectable background, successful husband and house in an apparently sleepy, yet powerful, rich village. ‘Money is what you have, it isn’t for talking about,’ she feels, and art is a spiritual occupation. Continued...