The Golden Egg
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The Golden Egg | |
Author | Tim Krabbé |
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Original title | Het Gouden Ei |
Translator | Claire Nicolas White (first English edition) |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch |
Genre(s) | Psychological, Thriller novel |
Publisher | Uitgeverij Bert Bakker (first edition) Random House (first English edition) |
Publication date | 1984 |
Published in English |
1993 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-679-41973-X (first English edition) |
The Golden Egg (Het Gouden Ei) is a Dutch psychological thriller novel written by Tim Krabbé, first published in 1984.
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[edit] Filmography
It was adapted by George Sluizer (from a script by Krabbé) into the award-winning 1988 film Spoorloos (international title:The Vanishing). An American remake of the film was released in 1993, again directed by Sluizer.
[edit] Publishing history
In 1993, an English translation by Claire Nicolas White was released under the title The Vanishing (Random House, ISBN 0-679-41973-X). A new English translation of the novel, by Sam Garrett, was published in October 2003 (Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-747-56533-3 ).