Bluets: Bespiegelingen in blauw - Maggie Nelson

Bluets is a paean to the colour blue. This prizewinning cult classic explores themes such as love, grief, desire and art, in a mosaic of 240 short, poetic texts.

The starting point of Bluets is a fascination with the colour blue. In a mosaic of 240 short texts ('propositions') on themes such as desire, artistry, alcohol, female sexuality, pleasure and pain, Maggie Nelson circles around that meaningful and beautiful colour. Among other things, she describes the painful end of a love relationship and a serious accident suffered by a close friend. She examines the value of art and beauty in times of great sorrow. The reader is left spellbound: how is it possible for someone to come so close to the unsayable in words? Bluets is a raw, poetic, unforgettable reading experience.

Since Maggie Nelson's Bluets appeared in 2009, it has acquired cult status. It has been widely praised, has won prizes and has established a genre of its own: that of the literary, associative, personal essay.

Note: this book is written in Dutch.