Quick review: Bruiloft Zonder Bruidspaar

Bruiloft Zonder Bruidspaar
Author: Gerbrand Bakker
Language: Dutch
Short summary and opinion: Four short stories in one tiny booklet, published as an introduction to the author. First one about a wedding that is called off for reasons unrevealed. Point of view of the brother of the bride, who seems to be very occupied with his physical experience; there are some very graphic descriptions of how his pants are tight around his groin. The other stories involve an old woman dying, a trip to Teheran and a short fairytale about a girl and some animals. The stories are very different in tone, but have one thing in common: they abruptly end where the author apparently ran out of imagination. My opinion? You can't just stop writing and consider your story finished. Even an open ending has to have some sort of closure. Dissapointing.
Rating: 6/10
Curious? There is a book in English by this writer