An Untouched House by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated by David Colmer / ISBN 9781939810069 / 120-page paperback with flaps from Archipelago

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“Profoundly unsettling . . . haunt[s] the mind for long afterwards.” —The Sunday Times

“The kind of book that stays with you forever.” —The Guardian

“Hugely entertaining." —The Scotsman

A Sunday Times Book of the Year: A brooding meditation on violence set during World War II—from a classic Dutch writer who has drawn comparisons to Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut

In this mesmerizing, dark meditation on the legacy of war, an interloper and opportunist makes a grand house of his own in the chaos of a war-torn countryside—only to find himself involved with occupying forces and enraged locals.