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Rudolf Herter, is in Vienna, having been invited to read from his masterwork 'The Invention of Love'. Feted by local dignitaries and journalists, during one TV interview he is asked a question that sparks off a strange series of events: can a work of imagination help to understand the nature of evil?
Afterwards, he is approached by an old couple, the Falks, who have a story of their own, more terrible than anything Herter can imagine. They were servants, working at Hitler's retreat, Berchesgaden and they have keep their secret for over fifty years. Only now are they willing to reveal the past and Herter is to be the only witness.
Shocking, profound and deeply moving, Mulisch's excavation of the human heart is a tour de force.
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Insightfully imagined, provocatively concluded... Mulisch accomplishes nice twists while investigating how HitlerĘs endgame might have looked from down the hall. (The Philadelphia Inquirer) A vivid and suspensefulą thriller about Hitler. (The New York Times)
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"Can a work of imagination help to understand the nature of evil"? This question, posed to Rudolf Herter as he reads from his book "The Invention of Love", sparks off a series of strange events. The story two old servants of Hitler tell is more terrible than anything Herter can imagine.
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- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0670912719
- ISBN 13 9780670912711
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