Paul Verhaeghen: Omega Minor
802 views · Published 14 January 2014 · 1:00:58 · Indexed 18 October 2026
Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Paul Verhaeghen's discusses his book, Omega Minor, which has already been a bestseller in Europe and has won a number of prestigious literary awards there. His English translation has been published in the US, while he teaches psychology at Georgia Tech. Having been compared to such masters as Gunter Grass and Thomas Pynchon, the Flemish author's work is also described by National Book Award winner Richard Powers as taking on "the whole 20th century in a single novel."
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