The Bandager
Joost (29) is a bandager. He cares for the ailing legs of elderly people in Amsterdam, a city that cannot offer him or his friends a home. The contrast between his wandering existence and that of his patients, who are bound to their large and cluttered houses, grows ever starker.
The Bandager is a gripping novel about loneliness and security, about remembering and forgetting.
Awards
“Marente de Moor wrote the book of the year: ‘The Bandager’ is the great novel about inequality.”
“Phenomenal” ★★★★★
- NRC
“Horrifying, fascinating, delightful.”
- Bo van Houwelingen, de Volkskrant
“With unerring precision, Marente de Moor explores the state of the nation in her rich novel The Bandagist. The reader counts his immense blessings.” ★★★★★
- Jeroen Vullings, EW
“Craftswoman Marente de Moor is a bandagist who wraps our fractured worldview in the bindings of a searing narrative.”
- Arjen Peters, HP/De Tijd
“Un-Dutch excellence.” ★★★★★
- Koen Eykhout, De Limburger