Bitter Herbs: Based on a true story of a Jewish girl in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands

ISBN-13: 9781529106497 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 160 str.

Marga Minco

Opis

'The evening the men came I fled through the garden gate...'The Netherlands, World War IIWhen the Nazis invade the Netherlands in May 1940 it's clear that life is changing for the girl and her family.

Recenzje

The family's incorrigible optimism enhances the nightmarish effect of this impressive little book. Moving and memorable. The Times Literary Supplement

O autorze

Marga Minco (1920-2023) debuted with Bitter Herbs (1957), which was followed by other famous works such as The Fall (1983) and An Empty House (1967). She won the Vijverberg prize (1957), the Annie Romein Prize (1999), the Constantijn Huygen Prize (2005) and the P.C. Hooft Prize (2019) for her entire oeuvre.