The Longest Night
$19.26
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
19 April 2018
Summary
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 ol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857056092 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857056093 |
| Author: | Otto de Kat, Laura Watkinson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 19 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 152g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 191mm x 14mm |
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One of the Netherlands’ most compelling literary voices
A masterpiece of literary craft and concision; sparse, beautiful and hugely affecting. - Daily Mail
An exceedingly beautiful novel that you read breathless till the end. - E.O. Vision.De Kat mixes great moral issues with historical events. This is his literary art. The Longest Night is melancholic and brilliantly written. - Radio Berlin.Otto de Kat has created a small masterpiece. - Nurnberger Zeitung.The De Kat Express takes you on a journey without borders. - NRC Handelsblad.These are novels of subtle emotional distance … as physical as a blow to the heart - Irish TimesOne of the Netherlands’ most compelling literary voices - Irish ExaminerAbout The Author
Otto de Kat
Otto de Kat is the pen name of Jan Guert Gaarlandt, the founder of Dutch non-fiction publishing house Balans, and 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.
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