Willem Frederik Hermans, translated by David Colmer

An Untouched House

Brooklyn, NY: Archipelago, 2017. Perfect Bound Soft Cover. Madness abounds in the waning months of World War II, until a weary Dutch Partisan chances upon a luxurious, intact estate in an abandoned spa town. For a time, clean linens and running water replace unremitting bloodshed as the defining features of the nameless narrator’s life; then the Germans retake the village. When they reach his new front door, the Partisan quickly accepts that he must resort to any means to keep the war out. With blunt yet transfixing prose, Hermans confronts his readers with the violent absurdity of war.. This is a new book. Item #158
ISBN: 9781939810069

Price: $16.00