| De avonden | |
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Cover of the first edition of De avonden. Gerard Reve used the pseudonym Simon van het Reve for this edition. |
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| Author(s) | Gerard Reve |
| Language | Dutch |
| Publisher | De Bezige Bij |
| Publication date | 1947 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-90-234-5573-8 |
| OCLC Number | 35952069 |
| Dewey Decimal | 839.3 |
| LC Classification | PT5881.28.E9 A95 1972 |
De avonden (The evenings) is a 1947 novel by Gerard Reve. Reve wrote the book under the pseudonym Simon van het Reve. It was released on 1 November 1947.
De avonden describes ten evenings out of the life of the 23 year old office clerk Frits van Egters. The book is partitioned in 10 chapters which each describe an evening (between 22 and 31 December 1946).
In 1988 a film adaption was made.
In 2007 De avonden was named as one of the Top 10 Dutch language novels of all time by readers of the newspaper NRC Handelsblad.[1]