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A View of the Ocean, by Jan de Hartog

‘As Dutch author Jan de Hartog fled German-occupied Holland during World War II, half a world away his elderly mother was trying to overcome the conditions of a prison camp in Java. “A View of the Ocean,” at times both wittily tender and savage in its honesty, gives de Hartog’s graceful, brief account of his parents’ life together and his experience of their deaths. Those familiar with de Hartog’s fictional works, including “Hollands Glorie” and “The Fourposter,” which set him apart as a bellwether of Dutch writing, will recognize his mastery of the storyteller’s art - above all, great tenderness toward his subject.’ Read the review at the San Francisco Chronicle.

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