The Longest Night (Paperback)

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 old and on the eve of her death, long- forgotten memories crowd again into her consciousness, flashbacks of happier years, and the tragedy of the war, of Carl, of her father, and of the friends she has lost. In The Longest Night, his impressive, reflective new novel after News from Berlin, Otto de Kat deftly distils momentous events of 20th-century history into the lives of his characters. In Emma, the past and the present coincide in limpid fragments of rare, melancholy beauty. Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson

General

Imprint:	MacLehose Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2018
Authors:	Otto de Kat
Translators:	Laura Watkinson
Dimensions:	207 x 191 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-85705-609-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > Second World War fiction Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	0-85705-609-3
Barcode:	9780857056092

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!