EAN: 9781787303065

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In the first year of the new millennium a book came into my hands from which I learned that for twenty years I had lived in the house of a former SS man.The dazzling new novel by Stefan Hertmans author of the modern classic War and Turpentine.'A powerful and humane reminder that the horrors of the past century are inexhaustibly fascinating and reverberate today.' Observer In 1979 Stefan Hertmans fell in love with a beautiful dilapidated old house in Ghent in Belgium which he lovingly rescued from decay as it became his peaceful sanctuary. Now all these years later he learns that a bust of Hitler once sat on the mantelpiece and a war criminal relaxed in its rooms with his family.This shocking discovery sends Hertmans off to the archives and to interview next of kin to uncover the secrets of the house and reimagine this man's life and expose the atrocities he's responsible for. We see Willem Verhulst as a weak narcissistic man who climbed high in the ranks of the SS a fascinating and chilling case study for the cruel and perverse mentality of the Nazis.A story of war family and individual fate The Ascent portrays the deep tragedy of Flemish collaboration during World War Two. Hertmans masterfully brings history and the house to life as he appears in the novel as a trusted guide and imagines individual lives to tell the greater European story.Translated from the Dutch by David McKayPraise for War and Turpentine'All the marking of a future classic.' Neel Mukherjee Guardian'Staggering richness of language. Mesmerising from page one'. Simon Schama'Masterpiece an accolade often casually bestowed really does describe this magnificent book.' Sunday Times Book of the Year'A masterly book.' New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

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