The assault

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It is the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II in occupied Holland. A Nazi collaborator, infamous for his cruelty, is assassinated as he rides home on his bicycle. The Germans retaliate by burning down the home of an innocent family; only twelve-year-old Anton survives. Based on actual events, The Assault traces the complex repercussions of this horrific incident on Anton’s life. Determined to forget, he opts for a carefully normal existence: a prudent marriage, a successful career, and colourless passivity. But the past keeps breaking through, in relentless memories and in chance encounters with others who were involved in the assassination and its aftermath, until Anton finally learns what really happened that night in 1945 – and why.

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A timeless classic from the author of The Discovery of Heaven’Fuelled with energy, drama and emotional weight, combined with a light touch and a fast-moving story. Grab it while you can’ Times’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

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Weight 169 g
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 2 cm
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Cover

Paperback
Pages

192
Language

English
Edition

Reprint
Dewey

839.31364 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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