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- The tragi-comic little man of business
Set in the early 1930s, Cheese is the story of Frans Laarmans' sudden foray into the cheese import business courtesy of a enigmatic, wealthy mentor Mr van Schoonbeke. Simply written as Laarmans' account, it is a moving fable of the perils of idolising the wealth and status of others.
Laarmans, a shipping clerk, takes up the sudden opportunity following the death of his mother, to import Edam cheese to Belgium and the Grand Duchy. However, as a shipping clerk, he has absolutely no experience of business, no help and plenty of people (family and new wealthy friends) observing his progress. He doesn't even like cheese and the comic potential is all too evident, but at times Laarmans' naivity and inexperience is so toe-curlingly painful that it's hard to keep reading.
Both funny and moving, Cheese is a little book with a lot to say about status and that old lesson of the bird in the hand being worth two in the bush.
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- A Work of Genius
If you have any interest in either cheese or the comic form, buy and read this unknown (in English anyway) work of genius. Hilarious and poignant.
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- It's kind of like Three Men in a Boat, but not as good.
This is a really sweet novel following a bored shipping clerk who leaves his job to try his luck in cheese sales.
It's mildly amusing, but never funny. Quite sad, but never tragic. Engaging, but not gripping. The best part of the book is the authors explanation of how to write tragedy which is a beautiful little insight into writing style.
If you liked Diary of a Nobody or Three Men in a Boat, you'll probably like this. Just not as much.
- The tragi-comic little man of businessSet in the early 1930s, Cheese is the story of Frans Laarmans' sudden foray into the cheese import business courtesy of a enigmatic, wealthy mentor Mr van Schoonbeke. Simply written as Laarmans' account, it is a moving fable of the perils of idolising the wealth and status of others.
Laarmans, a shipping clerk, takes up the sudden opportunity following the death of his mother, to import Edam cheese to Belgium and the Grand Duchy. However, as a shipping clerk, he has absolutely no experience of business, no help and plenty of people (family and new wealthy friends) observing his progress. He doesn't even like cheese and the comic potential is all too evident, but at times Laarmans' naivity and inexperience is so toe-curlingly painful that it's hard to keep reading.
Both funny and moving, Cheese is a little book with a lot to say about status and that old lesson of the bird in the hand being worth two in the bush.
Rating:
- A Work of GeniusIf you have any interest in either cheese or the comic form, buy and read this unknown (in English anyway) work of genius. Hilarious and poignant.
Rating:
- It's kind of like Three Men in a Boat, but not as good.This is a really sweet novel following a bored shipping clerk who leaves his job to try his luck in cheese sales.
It's mildly amusing, but never funny. Quite sad, but never tragic. Engaging, but not gripping. The best part of the book is the authors explanation of how to write tragedy which is a beautiful little insight into writing style.
If you liked Diary of a Nobody or Three Men in a Boat, you'll probably like this. Just not as much.
