Joost (29) is a bandagist. He cares for the ailing legs of elderly people in Amsterdam, a city that cannot offer him or his friends a home. The contrast between his wandering existence and that of his patients, who are bound to their large and cluttered houses, grows ever starker.

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The Bandagist is a gripping novel about loneliness and security, about remembering and forgetting.

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"Horrifying, fascinating, delightful."
– Bo van Houwelingen, de Volkskrant

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"With unerring precision, Marente de Moor explores the state of the nation in her rich novel The Bandagist. The reader counts their immense blessings." ★★★★★
– Jeroen Vullings, EW

 

"Craftswoman Marente de Moor is a bandagist who wraps our fractured worldview in the bindings of a searing narrative."
– Arjan Peters, HP/De Tijd