New W F Hermans translation is a ‘classic’
A modern English translation of Willem Frederik Hermans’ classic The Darkroom of Damocles reveals it as a ‘classic to rival Camus’, according to a review in Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Cees Nooteboom form the ‘formidable triumvirate of Dutch literature’, the paper says.
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