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The Longest Night
Otto De Kat
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Description for The Longest Night
Hardback. Another restrained yet monumental epic-in-miniature by one of the most elegant and lucid of modern European writers Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302.
A masterpiece of literary craft and concision; sparse, beautiful and hugely affecting - Daily Mail Since the liberation of the Netherlands, Emma Verweij has been living in Rotterdam, in a street which became a stronghold of friendships for its inhabitants during the Second World War. She marries Bruno, they have two sons, and she determines to block out the years she spent in Nazi Berlin during the war, with her first husband Carl. But now, ninety-six years old and on the eve of her death, long- forgotten memories crowd again into her consciousness, ... Read more
A masterpiece of literary craft and concision; sparse, beautiful and hugely affecting - Daily Mail Since the liberation of the Netherlands, Emma Verweij has been living in Rotterdam, in a street which became a stronghold of friendships for its inhabitants during the Second World War. She marries Bruno, they have two sons, and she determines to block out the years she spent in Nazi Berlin during the war, with her first husband Carl. But now, ninety-six years old and on the eve of her death, long- forgotten memories crowd again into her consciousness, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857056085
SKU
V9780857056085
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Ref
99-1
About Otto De Kat
Otto de Kat is the pen name of Dutch publisher, poet, novelist and critic Jan Guert Gaarlandt. His prize-winning novels have been widely published in Europe, and Man on the Move was the winner of the Netherlands' Halewijn Literature Prize.
Reviews for The Longest Night
[A] powerful novel, exploring the impact of war through the lives of its memorable characters.
The Lady
One of the Netherlands' most compelling literary voices
Irish Examiner
These are novels of subtle emotional distance . . . as physical as a blow to the heart
Eileen Battersby
Irish Times
An exceedingly beautiful novel ... Read more
The Lady
One of the Netherlands' most compelling literary voices
Irish Examiner
These are novels of subtle emotional distance . . . as physical as a blow to the heart
Eileen Battersby
Irish Times
An exceedingly beautiful novel ... Read more