The Assault by Mulisch, Harry

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Author: Mulisch, HarryClassic fiction (pre c 1945)Published on 13 March 2025 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpents Tail) in the United Kingdom as part of the Serpents Tail Classics series.Paperback | 208 pages128 x 197 x 15 | 168g
A timeless classic from the author of The Discovery of HeavenFuelled with energy, drama and emotional weight, combined with a light touch and a fast-moving story. Grab it while you can TimesAcknowledged as Hollands finest novelist Guardian Mulisch is a rarity an instinctively psychological novelist John UpdikeIn the bitter final months of the Second World War, the body of a Dutch Nazi collaborator is found on the doorstep of an ordinary family home. The repercussions are complex and terrible: the family is killed and the house burned to the ground; only the twelve-year-old son, Anton, survives. Following Anton as he reckons with this trauma through his life, The Assault is a powerful excavation of resistance and the collateral damage wrought on innocent people in times of war.A runaway bestseller that sold 200,000 copies on first publication, this is a classic of Dutch literature from one of the greatest European writers of his time.With an introduction by Thomas Harding, author of Hanns and Rudolf