The Assault by Harry Mulisch Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Assault
Book Review: The best Dutch book on WW2
Summary: 5 Stars
This must be the best book written about the German occupens of the Netherlands in WW2. It's a true story of a family in the war. Read it and weap.Book Review: Thoughtful and provocative
Summary: 4 Stars
One can get a vivid enough introduction to this book from previous customer reviews, with the great majority of which I share an enthusiasm. This is an economically-written story centered on a single violent incident, the exploration of which enlightens the life of one individual, a set of related individuals, and the entire society and the era it suffered through, that is, Netherlands during the Nazi occupation. Written without pretentions, without philosophizing, seemingly straightforward, yet I was left with layer after layer of emotional responses, intellectual ironies, and an understanding that I had not so fully brought to bear. While deceptive in its style and the seeming simplicity of its central event, and even the method of mystery-book clues-and-discovery, it is profound in its effect.
Book Review: You will never forget *The Assault*
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful and moving book. Without any sensationalism or sentimentality, Harry Mulisch's story sucks you in. When it finally spits you out again you will be changed.Book Review: bad memories
Summary: 4 Stars
My grandson's teacher assigned THE ASSAULT as one of three books he was to read this term. He and I are sharing "the experience." I would say he is in the age-group to begin reading such a novel and it certainly is another way of looking at the horrors of WWII. Anton is a bit too young to be able to understand all that is going on because he is so young - but as he begins to "age" the memories begin to play a role in his life. He is truly a victim of his past and is trying to live a life in the present, but there is a constant replaying of what has happened to him. I hope my grandson and I can share some of the poignant points of this life lived so tragically. I can only imagine the memories of the holocaust victims who still dream such terrible nightmares.Book Review: no Dutch literature? Learn Dutch and get real!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just wanted to comment on Peter Reeve's review. He says there is 'not much' of a Dutch literature.
Come on, Mr Reeve, the fact that the Assault is the only book to be found in American bookstores doesn't mean that the Dutch don't have a literature but rather that Americans can't read Dutch and that they think they don't need any more translated literature!
Mutatuli, Hella Haasse, Anna Enquist, Margriet de Moor, Frederik van Eeden, Louis Couperus, Joost van den Vondel, Godfried Bomans, F. Bordewijk, Gerrit Achterberg, Annie M.G. Schmidt, ...
These are but a few random stars of the Dutch literature. Saying there is no or almost no Dutch literature is the same thing as saying there is no American literature.