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Synopsis
In January 1935, Rob, a young Dutchman, departs to Capetown in search of adventure. After a brutal stint in the diamond mines, Rob sails to Java to join up in the Dutch army which is making a last stand against the Japanese invading army. Here he meets a fellow Dutchman, Guus, in whom he finds a soul mate, the best friend he will ever have.
They are soon captured by the Japanese. Together they survive the hell of labouring on the Burma railway, and together they leap off their ship when it is torpedoed. Rob never sees his friend again, but he spends his life unable to find peace with the shadow of the past hanging over him, unable to accept love, unable to forgive himself for his imagined failings.
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About the Author
Otto de Kat is the pen name of the founder of Dutch non-fiction publishing house Balans, Jan Guert Gaarlandt, also a poet, novelist and critic. His prize-winning novels have been widely published in Europe, and Man on the Move was the winner of the Netherlands' Halewijn Literature Prize.
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In January 1935, Rob leaves Holland for Cape Town, a young man thirsting for adventure and wanting above all to leave his family's suffocating hold on him behind. After a brutal stint in the diamond mines, he sails to Java to join the Dutch forces in their last stand against the invading Japanese. Here he finds Guus, a fellow countryman and the best friend he will ever have. They are soon taken captive, and together suffer the appalling slavery of labouring on the Burma railway. When, later, their prison ship is torpedoes they have no choice but to leap into the sea, and Rob never sees his friend again. Wandering from Manila to Lourenco Marques and eventually back to Cape Town, Rob is pursued by memories of his family, finding only transient periods of happiness and peace before an inescapable restlessness sets him on the move again.
Elegant, painterly and poetic, Man on the Move is an unforgettable portrait of friendship, and the heartwrenching story of a journey away from family into lonely adulthood, through war and captivity.
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