Man on the Move
Published on 7. January 2010
144 pages
978-1-84916-806-9 (ISBN)
Description
In January 1935, Rob leaves Holland for Cape Town, a young man thirsting for adventure and wanting above all to leave his family's suffocating hold on him behind. After a brutal stint in the diamond mines, he sails to Java to join the Dutch forces in their last stand against the invading Japanese. Here he finds Guus, a fellow countryman and the best friend he will ever have.
Elegant, painterly and poetic, Man on the Move is an unforgettable portrait of friendship, and the heart-wrenching story of a journey away from family into lonely adulthood, through war and captivity.
Elegant, painterly and poetic, Man on the Move is an unforgettable portrait of friendship, and the heart-wrenching story of a journey away from family into lonely adulthood, through war and captivity.
Reviews / Votes
'Compelling - reminiscent of Sartre's Nausea and Camus' The Outsider' Ulrich Baron, Die Zeit. * Die Zeit * 'One of those books of rare beauty that appear only once every few years' Gijsbert Kruithof, Haarlems Dagblad. * Haarlems Dagblad * 'A novel of extraordinary power and moral beauty' Paul Binding, Independent. * Independent * 'A thoughtful, elegaic text to be savoured slowly, again and again' Roger Cox, Scotsman. * Scotsman * 'A startlingly good novel' Gordon Darroch, Sunday Herald. * Sunday Herald * 'A stark and impressive piece of storytelling' Nora Mahoney, Times Literary Supplement. * Times Literary Supplement *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Edition type
Digital original
File size
2,17 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84916-806-9 (9781849168069)
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Otto de Kat is the pen name of the founder of Dutch non-fiction publishing house Balans, Jan Guert Gaarlandt, also a poet, novelist and critic. His prize-winning novels have been widely published in Europe, and Man on the Move was the winner of the Netherlands' Halewijn Literature Prize.
