The Remembered Soldier by David Mckay at Bookstore UAE
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Fiction and Literature > Fiction: general and literary > MODERN & contemporary fiction > The Remembered Soldier
The Remembered Soldier

The Remembered Soldier


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

FINALIST for the 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for TRANSLATED LITERATURE "Superb . . . In its dangerous admixture of truth and reassembled reality, 'The Remembered Soldier' develops an unforgettable picture of marital love."--Sam Sacks in The Wall Street Journal An extraordinary love story and a captivating novel about the power of memory and imagination: Flanders 1922. After serving as a soldier in the Great War, Noon Merckem has lost his memory and lives in a psychiatric asylum. Countless women, responding to a newspaper ad, visit him there in the hope of finding their spouse who vanished in battle. One day a woman, Julienne, appears and recognizes Noon as her husband, the photographer Amand Coppens, and takes him home against medical advice. But their miraculous reunion doesn't turn out the way that Julienne wants her envious friends to believe. Only gradually do the two grow close, and Amand's biography is pieced together on the basis of Julienne's stories about him. But how can he be certain that she's telling the truth? In The Remembered Soldier, Anjet Daanje immerses us in the psyche of a war-traumatized man who has lost his identity. When Amand comes to doubt Julienne's word, the reader is caught up in a riveting spiral of confusion that only the greatest of literature can achieve. Reading group guide to The Remembered Soldier is available for download free of charge at newvesselpress.com.

About the Author :
Anjet Daanje, the pseudonym of Anjet den Boer who was born in 1965, writes novels, short stories, and screenplays. The Remembered Soldier has won the top literary prizes in her native Netherlands, including the 2020 F. Bordewijk Prize, the Best Book of Groningen Prize, and was longlisted for the 2020 Libris Literature Prize. David McKay is an award-winning translator of Dutch fiction and nonfiction. Born and educated in the United States, he has lived in and around The Hague since 1997.

Review :
"Haunting, powerful . . . This provocatively labyrinthine novel dissects the consciousness of an amnesiac veteran of World War I who has spent four years in a Belgian asylum only to be retrieved by a woman who insists she is his wife . . . This marriage, he comes to realize, 'is built on quicksand, one false step and they'll drown together.'"--The New York Times "An epic, extraordinary story of love, identity and war, Anjet Daanje's first novel in English is a powerfully vivid portrait of two people dealing with their changed lives after the first world war . . . David McKay's page-turning translation faithfully conveys the propulsive nature of Daanje's long, sinuous sentences . . . Virtuoso stuff."--Tobias Grey in The Financial Times "The phenomenal English-language debut from Daanje weaves an affecting love story through a tangle of memories and dreams . . . The complex and layered narrative is as moving as it is unsettling, and it will keep readers wondering about the truth long after the final page. It's a remarkable achievement."--Publishers Weekly (Starred review) "Daanje ... is currently the Netherlands' most celebrated writer. Her achievement is to bring us so close to her characters, and for so long an exposure, that they seem emotionally naked, utterly human in their efforts and deceptions. In its dangerous admixture of truth and reassembled reality, 'The Remembered Soldier' develops an unforgettable picture of marital love."--Sam Sacks in The Wall Street Journal "By far the best novel of recent years."--NRC Handelsblad "I've never encountered a novel so intensely realistic yet so dreamily rendered. The Remembered Soldier is absolutely singular and utterly bewitching. I could have read it forever."--Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and Angel Down "This is a beautifully written book . . . very effective as it brings the reader into the flying thoughts of an injured, tormented, and confused mind. The ending is complicated, but contains a surprise, and the reader is left guessing . . . Highly recommended."--Historical Novels Review "Grapples with fragile versions of the truth . . . The Remembered Soldier, a luminous historical novel, mines the seams between a veteran's traumas and restored hope."--Foreword Reviews (Starred review) "In the case of Anjet Daanje's rich and beguiling new novel The Remembered Soldier . . . memory is mutable and collaborative . . . the prose . . . captures a man desperate for firm footing."--The Times Literary Supplement "A psychologically astute and accomplished novel. The Remembered Soldier is a studied exploration of a marriage and wartime horror. The prose is nothing short of Jamesian in its nuanced depiction of . . . intimacy, and David McKay's translation of Daanje's writing, with all of its subtleties, is truly remarkable."--Lori Feathers, The Big Book Project "Particularly impressive . . . a solid, engaging novel, The Remembered Soldier also uses the historical period and place well, making for a rich read."--The Complete Review "This is a story about healing a soldier's mind after surviving years of carnage, and it is about restoring mutual trust and love after so much has happened . . . an absorbing tale."--Kirkus Reviews "This is a beautiful, sprawling historical novel and love story with enthralling explorations of memory, trust, and connection."--Electric Literature "A gripping story . . . stirring, psychologically profound, and not a page too long."--Deutschlandfunk "The book is phenomenal."--Ivo van Hove, Tony and Olivier award-winning theater director "An absorbing, expansive work . . . never losing the reader's attention, it's a story both of individuals and of war. We're shown another time, another world . . . Daanje's work is superb in keeping the pacing up over more than five-hundred pages . . . and credit must go to McKay for his excellent job . . . This is a book I highly recommend."--Tony's Reading List


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781954404328
  • Publisher: New Vessel Press
  • Publisher Imprint: New Vessel Press
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 1954404328
  • Publisher Date: 13 May 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 576


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
The Remembered Soldier
New Vessel Press -
The Remembered Soldier
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

The Remembered Soldier

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!