The Longest Night (Paperback)

Otto de Kat

ISBN 10: 0857056093 / ISBN 13: 9780857056092

Published by Quercus Publishing, London, 2018

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Paperback. A masterpiece of literary craft and concision; sparse, beautiful and hugely affecting - Daily MailSince 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 distills 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 Another restrained yet monumental epic-in-miniature by one of the most elegant and lucid of modern European writers Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Longest Night (Paperback)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857056093
• ISBN 13: 9780857056092
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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 distills 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.

About the Author

Otto de Kat, born in 1946, lives and works as a publisher and novelist in Amsterdam. Man on the Move was the winner of Holland's Halewijn Literature Prize. He is the author of Julia, Man on the Move, and News from Berlin.