F.B. Hotz - Duistere jaren en andere verhalen

F.B. Hotz - Duistere jaren en andere verhalen - Amsterdam - Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers - 1983 - 1st edition - 224 pp - Cloth binding with dust jacket - 13 x 20,5 cm. - Design: Barbara van Dongen Torman

Condition: Excellent - SIGNED and dated by the author 'Oegstgeest, 19 mei '83'.

Collection of stories by the Dutch jazz trombone player and writer Frits Bernard Hotz (1922-2000). Includes: 1. De thuiskomst; 2. Projecties; 3. Weltevreden; 4. Twijfel; 5. De lange weg naar Veere; 6. De leerkracht; 7. Zeelucht; 8. September; 9. Duistere jaren. Hardcover first edition. The design of the dust jacket is based on a cover of Radio Expres from 1932. Series Grote ABC nr. 446.

¶ Due to traumatic events in his first marriage and due to his increasing blindness, F.B. Hotz developed more and more into a withdrawn man who rarely left his home in Oegstgeest. Books autographed by him are rare.