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    Heaven on Earth
    Heaven on Earth
    Heaven on Earth
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    Heaven on Earth

    By Aglaia Bouma

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    Two mysterious, retired men look back upon their lives and discuss what went wrong.

    Great quick read for on your way to work, back home, in between or any other moment, to make your mind wander and wonder.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAglaia Bouma
    Release dateJun 1, 2012
    ISBN9781476091709
    Heaven on Earth
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    Aglaia Bouma

    English:In addition to being an author, Aglaia Bouma (1970) is an entrepreneur, empathic misanthrope, emotional rationalist, light-hearted pessimist and a social einzelgänger.Her latest Dutch novel 'Niets te verbergen' was released in April 2015.Her Dutch novel ‘De Dwaling’ was reviewed positively and her short stories often win in contests. The Dutch versions of ‘Self-portrait’ and 'Unleashed' were published in literary journals. Several other stories have been published in anthologies.Nederlands:Aglaia Bouma (1970) is behalve schrijver emotioneel rationalist, luchthartig pessimist, sociale einzelgänger, empathisch misantroop, ondernemer en een vat vol.In april 2015 verscheen haar roman 'Niets te verbergen'. Dit boek speelt in het Nederland van de nabije toekomst, wanneer overheid en bedrijfsleven alle persoonlijke data van individuen opslaan in een Elektronisch Burgerdossier. Prostituee Maud zit daar niet zo mee. Ze heeft niets te verbergen, dus ook niets te vrezen. Of toch wel?Haar roman ‘De dwaling’ heeft positieve recensies mogen ontvangen en de korte verhalen van haar hand gooien regelmatig hoge ogen bij wedstrijden. ‘Zelfportret’ en 'Kort aangebonden' werden gepubliceerd in literaire tijdschriften. Verscheidene andere verhalen zijn opgenomen in bundels.

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