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Childhood: Two Novellas

Werther Nieland / De ondergang van de familie Boslowits

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Childhood: Two Novellas

Werther Nieland / De ondergang van de familie Boslowits

Penned By Gerard Reve
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A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARBy the author of The Evenings'An enfant terrible of Dutch Genius' Tim Parks, GuardianThere will be a club. Important messages have been sent already. If anybody wants to ruin it, he will be punished.Eleven-year-old Elmer inhabits a childhood of superstition, private lore and secret societies that only certain friends can join (and of which he is always president). When a new boy, pale, spindly Werther, arrives in the neighbourhood, a subtle game of fascination and persecution begins.In wartime Amsterdam, a young boy watches as Germans occupy the city. At first his parents' friends, the Boslowits family, think they have little to fear. Then, slowly, terribly, their fate is sealed.In these two haunting novellas from the acclaimed author of The Evenings, the world of childhood, in all its magic and strangeness, darkness and cruelty, is evoked with piercing wit and dreamlike intensity. Here, the things seen through a child's eyes are far from innocent.

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Length 160 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Pushkin Press
Released 1949
Identifier (ISBN) 42054896
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Gerard Reve is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Gerard Reve can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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