Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Otto de Kat is the pen name of the founder of Dutch non-fiction publishing house Balans, Jan Guert Gaarlandt, also a poet, novelist and critic. His prize-winning novels have been widely published in Europe, and Man on the Move was the winner of the Netherlands' Halewijn Literature Prize. Ina Rilke is the prize-winning translator of books by Cees Nooteboom, W.F. Hermans, Tessa de Loo, Dai Sijie and Margriet de Moor.An affecting study of regret . . . A compelling account of how conflicts tear apart lives
- Lucy Popescu, Tribune
What is most striking in this novel is de Kat's use of the Dutchman's slightly distanced perspective to pinpoint what was most unsettling about this time: through him we register the terrible energy and torpor of a moment when it seems impossible for ordinary Germans to stop the march or step out of line, and yet unconscionable for them not to try
- Madeleine Clements, Times Literary Supplement
''A sequence of memories beautifully linked together by the images drifting through the mind of a man waiting to die' Guardian.
Guardian
'De Kat's ambition of theme is served by astonishing tautness of construction and spareness of language' Independent.
Independent
'Emotionally shattering, it is also distinguished by logical intricacy of art and precision of detail' Paul Binding, T.L.S. Books of the Year.
Paul Binding
'A monumental little book' Roger Cox, Scotsman.
Scotsman