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Terlouw, Jan

Winter in Wartime

220 pp. | NYRB | February, 2020 | Paper ISBN 978-1-68137-426-0 $12.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-68137-427-7 $9.99
New ed. (1976, McGraw-Hill)
(2) 4-6 Translated by Laura Watkinson. In a village in the Netherlands, in the winter of 1944–45, teen Michiel van Beusekom becomes involved in anti-Nazi resistance activities--hiding and feeding a wounded British airman, smuggling two Jewish men out of the area--all the while knowing that someone in the village is betraying the cause. The pace is fast; the action is riveting; the mystery of the traitor's identity is compelling. But this is no "adventure novel": it's about war and fear and deprivation, told from personal experience (the book is based on the author's own boyhood). As such, it has a strong anti-war message: "Don't be fooled, Michiel, by the romance of war, heroism, sacrifice, excitement, adventure. War means injuries, grief, torture, imprisonment, hunger, hardship, injustice. There's nothing romantic about it." First published in 1973, this Dutch classic has been in print in Holland continuously since its publication--and deservedly so.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2020

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