Willem Frederik Hermans (the Netherlands): Temná komora Damokova

Translation: Magda de Bruin Hüblová, Host 2010

Novel about a tobacconist who takes part in resistance movement and who after liberation discovers in awe that on the contrary to his actions he is charged with collaboration, belongs to the classical repertoire of the Dutch literature of the 20th century. Czech reader has only been able to get acquainted with the novel recently half a century after its first publication.