Belegen KAAS – Egon Van Herreweghe
Belegen KAAS (translated as mature cheese) is Egon Van Herreweghe's homage to Willem Elsschot's canonical book KAAS. As the original book is only 106 pages, it is often picked by students from the reading list in schools. The book revolves around an ambitious but inept man who is offered a job managing a cheese distribution company. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of cheese, which he has no idea how to sell. In 2019, on the 86th anniversary of the manuscript, Van Herreweghe republished the book shaped as mature cheese with holes, wrapped in plastic.
Editions Menard N°9
2019, edition of 250
297 x 105 mm, 64 pages
Design by Lennart Van den Bossche
Belegen KAAS (translated as mature cheese) is Egon Van Herreweghe's homage to Willem Elsschot's canonical book KAAS. As the original book is only 106 pages, it is often picked by students from the reading list in schools. The book revolves around an ambitious but inept man who is offered a job managing a cheese distribution company. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of cheese, which he has no idea how to sell. In 2019, on the 86th anniversary of the manuscript, Van Herreweghe republished the book shaped as mature cheese with holes, wrapped in plastic.
Editions Menard N°9
2019, edition of 250
297 x 105 mm, 64 pages
Design by Lennart Van den Bossche
Belegen KAAS (translated as mature cheese) is Egon Van Herreweghe's homage to Willem Elsschot's canonical book KAAS. As the original book is only 106 pages, it is often picked by students from the reading list in schools. The book revolves around an ambitious but inept man who is offered a job managing a cheese distribution company. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of cheese, which he has no idea how to sell. In 2019, on the 86th anniversary of the manuscript, Van Herreweghe republished the book shaped as mature cheese with holes, wrapped in plastic.
Editions Menard N°9
2019, edition of 250
297 x 105 mm, 64 pages
Design by Lennart Van den Bossche