 First edition (Dutch) | |
| Author | Harry Mulisch |
|---|---|
| Original title | De aanslag |
| Language | Dutch |
| Publisher | Pantheon (US, 1985) |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | Netherlands |
Published in English | 1985 |
| Pages | 185 |
| ISBN | 0-394-54245-2 |
The Assault (original title in Dutch: De aanslag) is a 1982 novel by Dutch author Harry Mulisch. Random House published an English translation by Claire Nicolas White in 1985. It covers 35 years in the life of the lone survivor of a night in Haarlem during World War II when the Nazi occupation forces, finding a Dutch collaborator murdered, retaliate by killing most of the family in front of whose home the body was found. According to the New York Times, this novel "made his reputation at home and abroad".[1] It was translated into dozens of languages and immediately adapted into a film of the same name that won the 1986 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- ^ Simons, Marlise (1 November 2010). "Harry Mulisch, Dutch Novelist, Dies at 83". New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2015.