· News from Berlin by Otto de Kat review – ‘forgetting is the enemy of happiness’ This clever novel confounds expectations, repeatedly wrong-footing the reader as it follows a Dutch family Author: Jane Housham. · News from Berlin, by Otto de Kat, translated by Ina Rilke I love it when a book that’s on my wishlist waves at me from the new books shelves at the library! There it was, News from Berlin which Grant at 1st Reading had so enticingly reviewed, so of course I brought it www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins. 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.
De Kat mixes great moral issues with historical events. This is his literary art. The Longest Night is melancholic and brilliantly written. - Radio Berlin. Otto de Kat has created a small masterpiece. - Nurnberger Zeitung. The De Kat Express takes you on a journey without borders. - NRC Handelsblad. Writer Otto de Kat talks to Catriona O'Sullivan about his book News From Berlin, and the importance of thorough research for characters and setting in a historical novel, at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival. The story centres around a Dutch diplomat, Oscar Verschuur, who finds himself in neutral Switzerland. Otto de Kat is de auteur van de kleine roman Man in de verte, die in verscheen. De roman werd goed ontvangen en er volgde snel een Duitse en een Engelse vertaling. Otto de Kat is het pseudoniem van Jan Geurt Gaarlandt (Rotterdam, ). Hij was directeur van Uitgeverij Balans en voorheen literair criticus bij de Volkskrant en Vrij Nederland.
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