The Assault

von Harry Mulisch

185 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

'Fuelled with energy, drama and emotional weight, combined with a light touch and a fast-moving story. Grab it while you can' TIMES, Best Rediscovered Books'Acknowledged as Holland's finest novelist' GUARDIAN'Mulisch is a rarity ... an instinctively psychological novelist' JOHN UPDIKEIn the bitter final months of the Second World War, the body of a Dutch Nazi collaborator is found on the doorstep of an ordinary family home. The repercussions are complex and terrible: the family is killed and the house burned to the ground; only the twelve-year-old son, Anton, survives. Following Anton as he reckons with this trauma through his life, The Assault is a powerful excavation of resistance and the collateral damage wrought on innocent people in times of war.A runaway bestseller that sold 200,000 copies on first publication, this is a classic of Dutch literature from one of the greatest European writers of his time.With an introduction by Thomas Harding, author of Hanns and Rudolf

• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9781805221678
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.03.2025
• Größe: 196 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Profile Books
• Übersetzung: Claire Nicolas White