Het behouden huis

By Willem Frederik Hermans

Book Overview

"Profoundly unsettling . . . haunt[s] the mind for long afterwards." --The Sunday Times
"The kind of book that stays with you forever." --The Guardian
"Hugely entertaining." --The Scotsman

A Sunday Times Book of the Year: A brooding meditation on violence set during World War II--from a classic Dutch writer who has drawn comparisons to Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut

In this mesmerizing, dark meditation on the legacy of war, an interloper and opportunist makes a grand house of his own in the chaos of a war-torn countryside--only to find himself involved with occupying forces and enraged locals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193981006X
• ISBN13: 9781939810069
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 6.1"