Secretly Inside: A Novel

by Hans Warren, S. J. Leinbach (Translator), Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor (Introduction)

Overview

In the Dutch countryside the war seems far away. For most people, at least. But not for Ed, a Jew in Nazi-occupied Holland trying to find some safe sanctuary. Compelled to go into hiding in the rural province of Zeeland, he is taken in by a seemingly benevolent family of farmers. But, as Ed comes to realize, the Van 't Westeindes are not what they seem. Camiel, the son of the house, is still in mourning for his best friend, a German soldier who committed suicide the year before. And Camiel's fiery, unstable sister Mariete begins to nurse a growing unrequited passion for their young guest, just as Ed realizes his own attraction to Camiel. As time goes by, Ed is drawn into the domestic intrigues around him, and the farmhouse that had begun as his refuge slowly becomes his prison.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299209803
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	04/10/2006
Series:	Library of World Fiction
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Hans Warren was a prominent Dutch writer best known for his published diaries, which he kept from 1939 until he died in 2001. In addition to these revered memoirs of modern life, he was a poet, translator of Greek literature, and a novelist.
    S. J. Leinbach is a scholar and translator living in the Hague, Netherlands. His previous translations include Oek de Jong’s novel Hoekwerda’s Child.

Editorial Reviews

"Hans Warren places his narrative squarely within the tradition of Dutch hiding narratives, [however,] . . . where traditional hiding narratives often emphasize the danger of the neighbors' prying eyes, as well as those of business associates and passersby, in this novel, the danger seems to reside as much within the household as beyond it. Warren's brief novel is a compelling contribution to a well-known body of literature."—Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor, from the introduction

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