Illustration by Zé Otavio. Source photograph © Philip Mechanicus/MAI
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A Guardian Angel Recalls, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. Archipelago. 511 pages. $20.
An Untouched House, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. Archipelago. 120 pages. $16.
The Darkroom of Damocles, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke. Pushkin. 411 pages. £9.99.
Beyond Sleep, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke. Pushkin. 312 pages. £9.99.
The work of Willem Frederik Hermans suggests what might have happened if Graham Greene…
