The Assault

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The Assault is a 1982 novel by Dutch author Harry Mulisch, later adapted into an Oscar-winning film, that explores the lasting psychological and moral impact of a traumatic event during World War II on a Dutch man’s life.

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instanceOf novel
adaptationAward Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED
adaptationAwardYear 1987
adaptationCountryOfOrigin Netherlands NERFINISHED
adaptationDirector Fons Rademakers NERFINISHED
adaptationLanguage Dutch
adaptationReleaseYear 1986
adaptationType feature film
adaptedAs The Assault (film) NERFINISHED
author Harry Mulisch NERFINISHED
awarded Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
EnglishTitle The Assault NERFINISHED
genre historical novel
psychological novel
war novel
hasTranslation English
literaryMovement postwar Dutch literature
mainCharacter Anton Steenwijk NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus lasting effects of a wartime incident on a Dutch man
notableFor depiction of the long-term effects of a single violent event
exploration of Dutch wartime guilt
originalLanguage Dutch
publicationYear 1982
publisher De Bezige Bij NERFINISHED
setInCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED
setInPeriod World War II
settingCity Haarlem NERFINISHED
structure told in multiple postwar episodes
theme guilt
memory
moral responsibility
psychological impact of war
trauma
timeSpanCovered from 1945 into the late 20th century

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subject surface form: The Assault (1986 film)
this entity surface form: The Assault (novel)
The Assault (1986 film) basedOn The Assault
this entity surface form: The Assault (novel)