Merijn de Boer

Merijn de Boer

Merijn de Boer (1982) studied in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. He is an editor with publishing house G.A. van Oorschot and the literary magazine Tirade. He has already published stories in the eldest Dutch literary magazine De Gids, which were received with considerable praise. He has also published articles in among others De Parelduiker and Spiegel der Letteren.

PRECOCIAL BIRDS

Precocial Birds contains two novellas and two short stories, in which everything is just a little bit different than it initially appears. The perfect life of Prince, a former shot-putting champion, turns out not to be based on much. A dull fellow resident of a modern condominium leads a fascinating double life. The trip Balthasar Tak sets off on gradually changes into a descent into hell. And in the final story we see a son returning to his parental home for the first time after his cat has died—or so it seems…