My Father's War

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099443546
• ISBN13: 9780099443544
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.1"

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.