{"id":360,"date":"2026-07-08T05:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2026-07-08T05:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:34:23","slug":"harry-mulisch-zielespiegel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Harry Mulisch &#8220;Zielespiegel&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-06-25-om-15.10.46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" style=\"width:362px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emanating&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;crisp,&nbsp;autumnal&nbsp;tides of&nbsp;1997, *Zielespiegel: bij wijze van catalogus*&nbsp;operates&nbsp;as&nbsp;a crystalline&nbsp;prism,&nbsp;fracturing&nbsp;the&nbsp;prismatic&nbsp;brilliance&nbsp;inherent&nbsp;in Harry Mulisch\u2019s&nbsp;vast&nbsp;intellectual&nbsp;cartography.&nbsp;This&nbsp;tome&nbsp;eschews&nbsp;the&nbsp;humdrum&nbsp;tally of bibliography;&nbsp;instead, it&nbsp;manifests&nbsp;as a sequestered&nbsp;reliquary,&nbsp;meticulously curated&nbsp;to&nbsp;entomb the&nbsp;author&#8217;s&nbsp;self-fashioned&nbsp;mythos. While&nbsp;his&nbsp;novels&nbsp;traditionally usher&nbsp;the&nbsp;reader&nbsp;through&nbsp;labyrinthine&nbsp;corridors of cerebral&nbsp;architecture, this&nbsp;compendium&nbsp;unmasks the&nbsp;master&nbsp;builder&nbsp;himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pages&nbsp;exhale&nbsp;with the&nbsp;hushed&nbsp;gravitas&nbsp;of a sanctified gallery.&nbsp;Within these confines,&nbsp;one encounters&nbsp;a&nbsp;kaleidoscopic&nbsp;array:&nbsp;photographic milestones, sepia-toned vestiges of antiquity,&nbsp;and&nbsp;acerbic&nbsp;caricatures coalescing&nbsp;into&nbsp;a&nbsp;jagged&nbsp;mosaic&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;public&nbsp;facade.&nbsp;The&nbsp;volume&nbsp;functions&nbsp;much&nbsp;like&nbsp;a&nbsp;disorienting&nbsp;hall of mirrors, wherein Mulisch&nbsp;studies&nbsp;his&nbsp;own&nbsp;reflection&nbsp;with&nbsp;clinical&nbsp;detachment.&nbsp;He transmutes&nbsp;existence&nbsp;into&nbsp;a singular,&nbsp;theatrical posture;&nbsp;here,&nbsp;vanity&nbsp;serves not&nbsp;as&nbsp;a mere&nbsp;vanity,&nbsp;but&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;bedrock&nbsp;for&nbsp;his&nbsp;literary&nbsp;mausoleum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through&nbsp;this&nbsp;visual exegesis,&nbsp;the&nbsp;reader&nbsp;is inducted into a&nbsp;realm&nbsp;of&nbsp;haughty yet&nbsp;brittle sovereignty.&nbsp;Like&nbsp;an&nbsp;immutable sphinx,&nbsp;the&nbsp;author&nbsp;fixes&nbsp;his gaze&nbsp;upon&nbsp;us&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;gloss,&nbsp;even&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;prose&nbsp;unravels&nbsp;the&nbsp;warp&nbsp;and&nbsp;weft&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;meticulously&nbsp;woven life-tapestry.&nbsp;It&nbsp;remains&nbsp;a&nbsp;documented antinomy:&nbsp;a&nbsp;man&nbsp;simultaneously&nbsp;sculpted into&nbsp;his own&nbsp;idol&nbsp;and&nbsp;his own&nbsp;silent&nbsp;adjudicator, ensnared&nbsp;within&nbsp;the rigid,&nbsp;iron-wrought geometry of his&nbsp;own aesthetic&nbsp;design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftn-books.com\">www.ftn-books.com<\/a> has ZIELESPIEGEL he made for the Stedelijk Museum now available.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mulisch-spiegel-a-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mulisch-spiegel-a-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mulisch-spiegel-a-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mulisch-spiegel-a-768x1011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mulisch-spiegel-a-1167x1536.jpg 1167w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mulisch-spiegel-a-1556x2048.jpg 1556w, https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mulisch-spiegel-a.jpg 1941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emanating&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;crisp,&nbsp;autumnal&nbsp;tides of&nbsp;1997, *Zielespiegel: bij wijze van catalogus*&nbsp;operates&nbsp;as&nbsp;a crystalline&nbsp;prism,&nbsp;fracturing&nbsp;the&nbsp;prismatic&nbsp;brilliance&nbsp;inherent&nbsp;in Harry Mulisch\u2019s&nbsp;vast&nbsp;intellectual&nbsp;cartography.&nbsp;This&nbsp;tome&nbsp;eschews&nbsp;the&nbsp;humdrum&nbsp;tally of bibliography;&nbsp;instead, it&nbsp;manifests&nbsp;as a sequestered&nbsp;reliquary,&nbsp;meticulously curated&nbsp;to&nbsp;entomb the&nbsp;author&#8217;s&nbsp;self-fashioned&nbsp;mythos. While&nbsp;his&nbsp;novels&nbsp;traditionally usher&nbsp;the&nbsp;reader&nbsp;through&nbsp;labyrinthine&nbsp;corridors of cerebral&nbsp;architecture, this&nbsp;compendium&nbsp;unmasks the&nbsp;master&nbsp;builder&nbsp;himself. The pages&nbsp;exhale&nbsp;with the&nbsp;hushed&nbsp;gravitas&nbsp;of a sanctified gallery.&nbsp;Within these confines,&nbsp;one encounters&nbsp;a&nbsp;kaleidoscopic&nbsp;array:&nbsp;photographic milestones, sepia-toned vestiges of antiquity,&nbsp;and&nbsp;acerbic&nbsp;caricatures coalescing&nbsp;into&nbsp;a&nbsp;jagged&nbsp;mosaic&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;public&nbsp;facade.&nbsp;The&nbsp;volume&nbsp;functions&nbsp;much&nbsp;like&nbsp;a&nbsp;disorienting&nbsp;hall of mirrors, wherein Mulisch&nbsp;studies&nbsp;his&nbsp;own&nbsp;reflection&nbsp;with&nbsp;clinical&nbsp;detachment.&nbsp;He transmutes&nbsp;existence&nbsp;into&nbsp;a singular,&nbsp;theatrical posture;&nbsp;here,&nbsp;vanity&nbsp;serves not&nbsp;as&nbsp;a mere&nbsp;vanity,&nbsp;but&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;bedrock&nbsp;for&nbsp;his&nbsp;literary&nbsp;mausoleum. Through&nbsp;this&nbsp;visual exegesis,&nbsp;the&nbsp;reader&nbsp;is inducted into a&nbsp;realm&nbsp;of&nbsp;haughty yet&nbsp;brittle sovereignty.&nbsp;Like&nbsp;an&nbsp;immutable sphinx,&nbsp;the&nbsp;author&nbsp;fixes&nbsp;his &#8230; <a title=\"Harry Mulisch &#8220;Zielespiegel&#8221;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/?p=360\" aria-label=\"Read more about Harry Mulisch &#8220;Zielespiegel&#8221;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}