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battog 's review for:
The Assault
by Harry Mulisch
since i now live in europe, i am trying to read more books by non-american authors...specifically books by dutch authors and wow, this book was incredible.
i love books that deal with the past and memory and how characters cope with and understand these two powerful concepts. this book begins with a traumatic event at the end of wwII that orphans the main character. the book then follows anton as he ignores what happen to him but ultimately is unable to maintain his ignorance.
one of my favorite quotes: "Whenever he thought about time, which he did once in a while, he did not conceive of events as coming out of the future to move through the present into the past. Instead, they developed out of the past in the present on their way to an unknown future." (151)
fantastic read and makes me look forward to reading more dutch authors in the near future.
i love books that deal with the past and memory and how characters cope with and understand these two powerful concepts. this book begins with a traumatic event at the end of wwII that orphans the main character. the book then follows anton as he ignores what happen to him but ultimately is unable to maintain his ignorance.
one of my favorite quotes: "Whenever he thought about time, which he did once in a while, he did not conceive of events as coming out of the future to move through the present into the past. Instead, they developed out of the past in the present on their way to an unknown future." (151)
fantastic read and makes me look forward to reading more dutch authors in the near future.