Otto de Kat, born in 1946, lives and works as a publisher and novelist in Amsterdam. Man on the Move was the winner of Holland's Halewijn Literature Prize. He is the author of Julia, Man on the Move, and News from Berlin.
Praise for News from Berlin
"A compelling portrait of love, loss and regret."--Lucy Popescu,
The Independent on Sunday
"A masterclass in how less can be more, packed full of atmosphere,
emotion and philosophical debate." --Kathy Stephenson, Daily
Mail
"It's not surprising to learn that de Kat is also a poet; his
linguistic gifts are evident. This is a lovely novel, at once
psychological and historical, written in spare, elegant prose and
beautifully translated."
--Forward
"This brief novel by Otto de Kat is a masterpiece of literary craft
and concision; sparse, beautiful, and hugely affecting."--The Daily
Mail
"This clever novel confounds expectations, repeatedly wrong-footing
the reader as it follows a Dutch family spread across war-torn
Europe . . . Key to the book's dreamlike power is its meditation on
the idea that the past continues to resonate in the present and
that 'forgetting is the enemy of happiness.'"
--Jane Housham, Guardian
"This is a short novel, beautifully written and carefully
structured. The prose is simple and moving and credit must go to
the translator (Laura Watkinson) as well as to the writer for the
powerful and subtle style. The characters are compelling, emerging
through the mist of memory and strong feeling. The settings of
war-time Germany and post-war Holland are vividly present. The
novel is in reality compelling, compassionate and deeply felt. It
repays a slow and thoughtful reading."--Shiny New Books
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