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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| The Assault (novel) | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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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
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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
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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
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memory ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ psychological impact of war ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | from 1945 into the late 20th century ⓘ |
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The Assault (1986 film)
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The Assault (novel)
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The Assault (novel)