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A young drifter makes an unforgettable friendship in wartime before fate leaves him once again alone and unable to settle.
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Compelling ... reminiscent of Sartre's Nausea and Camus' The Outsider” - Ulrich Baron, Die Zeit.
A novel of extraordinary power and moral beauty, executed with a poet's intricate artistry' Independent.
De Kat has written a startlingly good novel ... beneath his staccato, disengaged prose lurk so many layers of reflection and insight that it's hard to know how to start unraveling them' Gordon Darroch, Sunday Herald.
Man on the Move by Otto de Kat is one of those books of rare beauty that appear only once every few years' Gijsbert Kruithof, Haarlems Dagblad.
A melancholic masterpiece' Peter Henning, Basler Zeitung.
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.
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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- PublisherMACLEHOSE PRESS
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1906694087
- ISBN 13 9781906694081
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages128
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In Janaury 1935, Rob, a young Dutch man, departs to Capetown in search of adventure and escape from his bourgeois roots. After a stint in the brutal diamond mines of South Africa, Rob heads to Java to join the Dutch army making a last stand against the Japanese. Here he meets fellow Dutchman Guus, in whom he finds a soul mate and the best friend he will ever have. Together, they are captured by the Japanese, together they survive the hell of the labour camps and together they leap off the side of their ship when it is torpedoed. Rob never sees his friend again, but spends the rest of his life unable to find rest with the shadow of the past hanging over him. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002050909
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