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.

Apr 9, 2009 · The Assault by Harry Mulisch is a beautifully written book, starting with its lyrical prologue in which we are introduced to the quiet ...

Oct 16, 2015 · Mulisch also pulls no punches in relation to the dead body that inspires the assault. When Fake Ploeg is shot a neighbour moves the corpse so ...

Mar 17, 2010 · The AssaultHarry MulischIn 1945, in the final throes of the Nazi occupation of Haarlem, Anton Steenwijk's parents and older brother are ...

Apr 25, 2017 · The Assault by Harry Mulisch. Second World War. Holland under the Nazi occupation. The drama of a nation, the tragedies of millions of people ...

Jun 21, 2012 · The execution of a collaborator and Nazi retaliation on the family of twelve-year-old Anton Steenwijk have lasting repercussions in Anton's ...

Harry Mulisch's much-praised 1982 novel De Aanslag' (published in. English in 1985 as The Assault), are set in the darkness of a winter night in German ...

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Nov 3, 1985 · The first occurs in 1956, when Anton, now 23, returns to his flat during an anti-Communist riot and is jostled by a rioter--who turns out to be ...

Jun 6, 2012 · All I knew of the book before opening it was that it concerned a man whose entire family was killed by the Nazis during the Second World War as ...