Books Details
Author : Harry Mulisch Pages : 185 pages Publisher : Pantheon Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 88387.The_Assault ISBN-13 : 9780394744209
Books Descriptions
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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