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Julia

By: Otto de Kat, Ina Rilke (Transcribed by)

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Paperback | 3 January 2013 | Edition Number 1

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Chris and Julia – from the moment they meet Chris is dangerously close to love. But their very first date in Lubeck's Grand-Cafe Elzas is interrupted by S.A. Brownshirts. It is 1937 and Hitler's manic oratory is driving Germany towards war and fanaticism.

The independence and freedom of thought that Chris finds so attractive leads Julia to emphatically reject the Nazi regime. It is not long before her courageous stance brings them both to the Gestapo's attention.

Soon he is forced to make an impossible choice, the outcome of which he can only regret.

About the Author

Otto de Kat, born in 1946, lives and works as a publisher and novelist in Amsterdam. Man on the Move (MacLehose Press, 2009) was the winner of Holland's Halewijn Literature Prize.

Ina Rilke is the prize-winning translator of books by Cees Nooteboom, W. F. Hermans, Erwin Mortier, Tessa de Loo, Dai Sijie, Margriet de Moor and Arthur Japin, among others.

Industry Reviews

An affecting study of regret . . . A compelling account of how conflicts tear apart lives -- Lucy Popescu * Tribune *
What is most striking in this novel is de Kat's use of the Dutchman's slightly distanced perspective to pinpoint what was most unsettling about this time: through him we register the terrible energy and torpor of a moment when it seems impossible for ordinary Germans to stop the march or step out of line, and yet unconscionable for them not to try -- Madeleine Clements * Times Literary Supplement *
''A sequence of memories beautifully linked together by the images drifting through the mind of a man waiting to die' Guardian. * Guardian *
'De Kat's ambition of theme is served by astonishing tautness of construction and spareness of language' Independent. * Independent *
'Emotionally shattering, it is also distinguished by logical intricacy of art and precision of detail' Paul Binding, T.L.S. Books of the Year. * Paul Binding *
'A monumental little book' Roger Cox, Scotsman. * Scotsman *

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