Publisher's Synopsis
‘I’m a fly!’ Fly cried joyfully. And he zoomed through the air. A fly is not born, a fly wakes up somewhere in the middle of his life.In his inimitable style, Jaap Robben tells the story of a fly, from the moment it enters the world as a larva right up to its deathbed. Fly befriends a buzzard and throws himself into life with gusto, however short that life may be. Biography of a Fly is a witty and moving story about how we are all ultimately alone, and yet also together.
A story about discovery, friendship and transience. In twenty-three chapters you can read about the life of a fly.
After reading this story, you’ll definitely never swat a fly again.
Biography of a fly began as a poster story. A unique way of telling a story that was devised by literary festival ‘De Wintertuin’. Because the festival was cancelled due to Covid, the rented poster spaces in Nijmegen would remain empty. So they asked Jaap to write a 25-chapter story families could read while walking through the city. It turned into Biography of a fly.
