Julia

An affecting study of regret … A compelling account of how conflicts tear apart lives – Lucy Popescu * Tribune *What is most striking in this novel is de Kat’s use of the Dutchman’s slightly distanced perspective to pinpoint what was most unsettling about this time: through him we register the terrible energy and torpor of a moment when it seems impossible for ordinary Germans to stop the march or step out of line, and yet unconscionable for them not to try – Madeleine Clements * Times Literary Supplement *“A sequence of memories beautifully linked together by the images drifting through the mind of a man waiting to die’ Guardian. * Guardian *‘De Kat’s ambition of theme is served by astonishing tautness of construction and spareness of language’ Independent. * Independent *‘Emotionally shattering, it is also distinguished by logical intricacy of art and precision of detail’ Paul Binding, T.L.S. Books of the Year. * Paul Binding *‘A monumental little book’ Roger Cox, Scotsman. * Scotsman *

Otto de Kat is the pen name of the founder of Dutch non-fiction publishing house Balans, Jan Guert Gaarlandt, also a poet, novelist and critic. His prize-winning novels have been widely published in Europe, and Man on the Move was the winner of the Netherlands’ Halewijn Literature Prize.