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Hendrik Groen. Taemny schodennyk. (The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old) | | Track
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"He is a new hero. An old man who began to truly live only when he turned eighty-three, but realized the meaning of life and did in it everything that could be done! His story inspires, his adventures impress, his philosophy is enticing.
When you are 83, and you are spending the rest of it at a state-owned shelter, it seems that your life has come to an end. But Hendrick Groen thinks differently. This unbiased description of senile life as it is – with all of its artificial denture, dementia, and pain – this laughter through tears convinces us that nothing is ever lost, that everything is just beginning..."
Translated from English by Hanna Lytvynenko
In Ukrainian.
Type of the edition: hard cover
Format: 130x200 mm
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Bookclub, Kharkiv
Publisher: BookClub
Catalogue number: ISBN 9786171239586
Year: 2017
Domestic price: 236.60UAH
International price: $16.90USD
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