Description
'The evening the men came I fled through the garden gate...'
The Netherlands, World War II
When the Nazis invade the Netherlands in May 1940 it's clear that life is changing for the girl and her family. Step by step, the Nazis close in on the Dutch Jews. But when the authorities finally come to the family home a split decision will have devastating consequences.
Marga Minco's autobiographical novel Bitter Herbs is a Dutch classic that has been translated into more than fifteen languages. This deceptively simple and profoundly moving tale is now reissued with a new translation by Jeannette K Ringold.
Author: Marga Minco
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781529106497
ISBN10: 1529106494
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | World War II
- Fiction | Biographical
- Fiction | Jewish
About the Author
Marga Minco (1920) 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. Jeannette K. Ringold has translated over twenty fiction and non-fiction works by Dutch authors into English.