Bibliograph

Childhood, two novellas, Gerard Reve ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett

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Childhood, two novellas, Gerard Reve ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Childhood

Oclc number

1034586867

Responsibility statement

Gerard Reve ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett

Sub title

two novellas

Summary

"In Werther Nieland, young Elmer longs to make friends and tries to control the world around him by forming secret clubs, of which he is always the president. When he invites Werther to become a member, a game of attraction and repulsion begins. What follows is psychological masterpiece; Reve brilliantly conjures up a child's whole world, full of oppression and enchantment. Set during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, The Fall of the Boslowits Family sees a boy watch as the family of one of his friends slowly falls apart. This is a deceptively simple story imbued with subtle horror. These two classic novellas, from the giant of post-war Dutch literature Gerard Reve, have all of the uncanny atmosphere and the incisive, dark wit of his previous work The Evenings."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Werther Nieland -- The fall of the Boslowits family

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