tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2334007497011522069.post6880826879733227555..comments2023-10-05T02:50:21.200-07:00Comments on Claire's Brussels Blog: Books by Belgians or Based In Brussels… Can you Help? |Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198153808722570798noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2334007497011522069.post-72683056004911399582011-09-26T02:10:49.469-07:002011-09-26T02:10:49.469-07:00"Bruges la morte" by Georges Rodenbach, ..."Bruges la morte" by Georges Rodenbach, which you can get in HTML from the Gutenberg project. The guide "Bruxelles insolite et secret" is also worth its salt, and for fiction there are books by Jean Ray (esp. Malpertuis, a classic)—think Edgar Allan Poe in spirit. Or you can try George Simenon, who is from Liège and wrote a lot of terse murder mysteries. If symbolism is your thing, go for Maeterlinck.Sabinehttp://clichesurpattes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2334007497011522069.post-62016223192650739112011-09-23T02:00:13.685-07:002011-09-23T02:00:13.685-07:00You'd think after almost 4 years here I'd ...You'd think after almost 4 years here I'd know some more books by Belgians, but I don't. Agatha Christie's character Hector Poirot was Belgian, if you like classic murder mysteries though...Koriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265288130563481920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2334007497011522069.post-33323638768792222212011-09-22T12:58:16.852-07:002011-09-22T12:58:16.852-07:00I can only think of 'An Infamous Army', wh...I can only think of 'An Infamous Army', which probably won't help!Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460648860925240101noreply@blogger.com