And they lived happily ever after.
/ En ze leefden nog lang en gelukkig.
a collection of last sentences
— finalist, HKU Award 2009
A book ends. It may end abruptly, or it may be overdue. But it ends right there and then on the page. Like it couldn't have ended at any other point. What we're left with is an end, and beautiful white space.
This collection is a celebration of last sentences and white space. But is als a meticulous research. Five months of documenting every last sentence of every single book in the public library of Utrecht. 1558 books. 1558 endings.
They are depicted in the exact spot they were found originally on the page. The first one, at the top of the left page of the first book. The last one, at the bottom of the right page of the last book. With the original - last - page numbers. A unique collection of endings.