The Assault

An instant classic challenging notions of post-war innocence and guilt that sold over 200,000 copies on first publication in Dutch
'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

Contributor: Thomas Harding (Introduction by), Claire Nicolas White (Translated by)

Translator: Claire Nicolas White

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