/lit/ - Literature

>>19235407
based, Dutch lit peaked in the first half of the 20th century (maybe up until 1960-ish). Bordewijk, Elsschot, Nescio, even Vestdijk to some degree all have some god-tier books. It all started going downhill when the 'big three' and their postmodern bullshit came into the limelight. IMO really set the precedent for what became popular in the 2000's.

>>19235522
I wonder where the lack of well-received translations of Dutch literature comes from. Part of me thinks that the sober-yet-ironic, melancholic-yet-hopeful writing like Titaantjes or the formal, expressionist-yet-cold and corporate Bint are nearly impossible to translate into English without losing their soul, but I haven't read enough translations next to their original works to have a well-developed opinion on that.