My Father's War. Adriaan Van Dis

by Adriaan van Dis

Book Overview

My Father's War is the gripping story of a son's struggle to understand his family's wartime experience in a Japanese concentration camp, and to come to terms with its effects on him. Born in Holland... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099443546
• ISBN13: 9780099443544
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A piece of Dutch History silenced for 50 years

A hidden past revealed when a son finally faces the silence of the memories of a father and mother who were caught in Indonesia during WWII. Their son describes the horror, the fate, and family failures in a dark story. Excellent translation.