‘One of the most important European authors of the second half of the twentieth century’ Cees Nooteboom
A dark, disorienting classic wartime thriller from the author of An Untouched House
On the eve of the Second World War a public attorney, devastated because his Jewish lover has fled without him, runs over a young girl. He is torn by grief at the loss of his girlfriend and guilt about the accident – which is shrouded in a mystery that he attempts to unravel while the world around him collapses.
In the meantime, he is watched over by a guardian angel, who whispers him warnings, and by a devil, who does the same…
A Guardian Angel Recalls is a thrilling and provocative war novel, from one of the greatest Dutch authors of the twentieth century.
About the author
David Colmer has won many prizes for his translations, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (precursor to the International Booker Prize), both with novelist Gerbrand Bakker. He also translated Hermans’ An Untouched House for Pushkin Press.
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