The Assault
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mulisch, Harry / White, Claire Nicolas, PUBLISHER: Panong>theong>on Books, A novel that probes moral devastation following a Nazi retaliation in a Dutch town. "ong>Theong> Assault" has been translated ong>andong> published to great critical acclaim throughout Europe ong>andong> in ong>theong> United States. It is ong>theong> winter of , ong>theong> ong>lastong> dark days of ong>theong> ware in occupied Hollong>andong>. A Nazi collaborator, infamous for his cruelty, is assassinated as he rides on his bicycle. ong>Theong> Germans retaliate by slaughtering an innocent family: only ong>theong> youngest son, twelve-year-old Anton, survives. "ong>Theong> Assault "traces ong>theong> complex repercussions of this ong>nightong>marish event on Anton's life. Determined not to forget, he opts for a carefully normal existence--a prudent marriage, a successful career, ong>andong> colorless passivity. But ong>theong> past keeps breaking through, in relentless memories ong>andong> in chance encounters with ong>theong> oong>theong>r actors in ong>theong> drama, until Anton finally learns what really happened that ong>nightong> in , ong>andong> why.