Freetown
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
A beautifully observed, subtle and precise novel about guilt, relationships and loss from Otto de Kat, one of the Netherlands' most compelling literary voices.
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Otto de Kat crafts novels that delve into the intricacies of human connection and internal struggles with a refined prose and perceptive insight. His work is characterized by a subtle yet profound psychological depth, offering readers immersive and evocative literary experiences. Through his distinctive voice, de Kat explores the complexities of existence and the search for meaning within the everyday. His narratives invite contemplation on the quiet dramas that shape our lives.
- 2020
- 2017
The Longest Night
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Another restrained yet monumental epic-in-miniature by one of the most elegant and lucid of modern European writers
- 2015
News From Berlin. Eine Tochter in Berlin, englische Ausgabe
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
June 1941. Dutch diplomat Oscar Verschuur has been posted to neutral Switzerland. His family is spread across Europe. His wife Kate works as a nurse in London and their daughter Emma is living in Berlin with her husband Carl, a 'good' German who works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Briefly reunited with her father in a restaurant in Geneva, Emma drops a bombshell. A date and a codename, and the fate of nations is placed in Verschuur's hands: June 22, Barbarossa. What should he do? Warn the world, or put his daughter's safety first? The Gestapo are watching them both. And with Stalin lulled by his alliance with Hitler, will anyone even listen? Otto de Kat is fast gaining a reputation as one of Europe's sharpest and most lucid writers. News from Berlin, a book for all readers, a true page-turner driven by the pulse of a ticking clock, confirms him as a storyteller of subtly extravagant gifts.
- 2013
The heartbreaking tale of a doomed love affair in Hitler's Germany.
- 2010
A young drifter makes an unforgettable friendship in wartime before fate leaves him once again alone and unable to settle.