num_pages: 603
description: A classic novel in the tradition of The Tin Drum, The Sorrow of Belgium is a searing, scathingly funny portrait of a wartime Belgium and one boy's coming of age-emotionally, sexually, and politically. Epic in scope, by turns hilarious and elegiac, The Sorrow of Belgium is the masterwork of one of the world's greatest contemporary authors.
language: English
title: The Sorrow of Belgium
titlecomplete: The Sorrow of Belgium
characters: Louis Seynaeve
genres: Roman, Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novels, War, Dutch Literature, Belgian, Belgium, Classics
ratings_count: 3314
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor Proza, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Premio Nonino, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Prijs van de Vlaamse lezer, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Leipzig Book Award
category: European Understanding
publisher: Penguin Books