Far, far back during the Second World War, a certain Anton Steenwijk lived with his parents and his brother on the outskirts of Haarlem.
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The Assault
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by Harry Mulisch
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It is the winter of 1945, the last dark days of the war in occupied Holland. A Nazi collaborator, infamous for his cruelty, is assassinated as he rides home on his bicycle. The Germans arrive within minutes, and in brutal retaliation burn a nearby house and massacre an innocent family. Only the youngest son, twelve-year-old Anton Steenwijk, survives.
A novel of great emotional ans psychological intensity, The Assault traces the complex repercussions of this nightmarish event on Anton's life. Determined to forget, Anton opts for a carefully normal existence - a prudent marriage, a successful career, and colorless passivity. But the past keeps breaking through - in relentless memories and in chance encounters with the other actors in the drama - until Anton finally learns what really happened that night when his family was killed, and why.
The Assault subtly and brilliantly explores the eternal questions of guilt and innocence, heroism and cowardice. And it introduces to the American scene a major European writer - Harry Mulisch.
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History, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Fiction, espionage, Netherlands, fiction, Besetzung, Kollaboration, Widerstand, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, generalPeople
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Netherlands, Holland, Haarlem, HeemstedeTimes
German occupation, 1940-1945, 1945, 1952, 1966Showing 5 featured editions. View all 20 editions?
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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.
The Assault traces the complex repercussions of this nightmarish event on Anton’s life. Determined to forget, he opts for a carefully normal existence--a prudent marriage, a successful career, and colorless 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 1944, and why.
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