Harry Mulisch
Paperback | Pages: 185 pages Rating: 3.72 | 10713 Users | 483 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Assault |
| Author | : | Harry Mulisch |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First American Paperback Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 185 pages |
| Published | : | March 1986 by Pantheon (first published December 1st 1982) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. European Literature. Dutch Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Literature |
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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.Based on actual events, The Assault traces the complex repercussions of this horrific incident 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 1945—and why.
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| Original Title: | De aanslag |
| ISBN: | 0394744209 (ISBN13: 9780394744209) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/118456/the-assault-by-harry-mulisch/9780394744209 |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 10713 Users | 483 ReviewsAssess Of Books The Assault
Harry Mulisch was born in Haarlem, Netherlands and lived in Amsterdam from 1958 until his death in 2010. His father was from Austria-Hungary and emigrated to the Netherlands after the First World War. During the German occupation in World War II his father worked for a German bank, which also dealt with confiscated Jewish assets, while his mother, Alice Schwarz, was Jewish. Mulisch and his mother escaped transportation to a concentration camp thanks to Mulisch's father's collaboration with theThere is an immediacy that is heart rending as the Germans enter their home. Time in the present is excruciatingly fearful told through Mulischs pressurized details.Rationed war time goods disappearing the family lives in bleakness. The war has ended but not yet in this Dutch land. In the middle of the deserted street, in front of Mr. Kortewegs house lay a bicycle with its upended front wheel still turning Beside the bicycle is the corpse of a fascist sympathizer, a German policeman, shot and
I loved the way Harry Mulisch set the first scene in the novel. Almost nothing seemed to herald what would happen next. Family gathered at the table, father reading treatise of Jewish philosopher Spinoza, mother unraveling an old sweater while older son is doing his homework. And there is a younger son yet, Anton. Picture like from these old Flemish masters. Calm and peaceful. Except for the six gun shots that suddenly break the silence of the night. And from that moment nothing would ever be
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"A man who has never been hungry may possess a more refined palate, but he has no idea what it means to eat."I was required to read this for my literature class, and when I was reading the synopsis on the back I thought I was going to love it. Well I didnt it.Heres the thing, Ive read a couple of WW2 stories so I basically get the gist, but this was so boring. Apart from the fact that the beginning was tediously long, I felt like there was no real resolution to the plot. Anton, the main
Probably the cover alone would have done the trick, genius cover. But actually I've read Siegfried by the author before and found it very interesting. Much like that book , The Assault also takes place during WWII or, technically, the main event of the story does, and the it takes decades to get to the bottom of it. Mulisch's life had been profoundly affected by WWII, which has informs his writing to a great degree. This novel according to The New York Times has made his reputation at home and
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