A guardian angel recalls
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Contributors
Colmer, David, 1960- translator.
Published
Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2021.
Status
East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Hermans, W.
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
511 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
""One of the most beautiful novels that I've written." - Willem Frederik Hermans Alberegt, a public prosecutor and self-proclaimed "man of minor failings," speeds through Hook of Holland in his black Renault on May 9, 1940. His every move is guided by the cool and patient hand of a guardian angel. Flitting about from the hood of Alberegt's car to the rim of his windswept hat, the angel attempts to quell their unhappy ward's fears and secrets. (On occasion the heavenly narrator is so ashamed of Alberegt that they cover their own face with guardian wings.) The angel, musing for just a moment on the greater suffering of mankind, forgets a frenzied and lovelorn Alberegt at the wheel and Alberegt swerves into a small child crossing the road. This fatal event, on the eve of Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, spins the novel into a nightmare in which even expressions of empathy and humanity are edged out by cynicism and cruelty. Reminiscent of Georges Simenon, Albert Camus, and Kurt Vonnegut, A Guardian Angel Recalls is a brilliant and unnerving masterpiece."--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hermans, W. F., & Colmer, D. (2021). A guardian angel recalls (First Archipelago Books edition.). Archipelago Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hermans, Willem Frederik, 1921-1995 and David Colmer. 2021. A Guardian Angel Recalls. Archipelago Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hermans, Willem Frederik, 1921-1995 and David Colmer. A Guardian Angel Recalls Archipelago Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hermans, Willem Frederik, and David Colmer. A Guardian Angel Recalls First Archipelago Books edition., Archipelago Books, 2021.
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