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the waning monthsof World War II,until a weary DutchPartisan chances upon a luxurious,intact estate in an abandoned spa town.For a time,clean linens and runningwater replace unremitting bloodshedas the defining features of the namelessnarrator's life;then the Germans retakethe village.When they reach his newfront door,the Partisan quickly acceptsthat he must resort to any means to keepthe war out.With blunt yet transfixingprose,Hermans confronts his readerswith the violent absurdity of war.  \n304  \n# Willem Frederik Hermans\n\nAn Untouched House  \nWith an Afterword by Cees NooteboomTranslated from the Dutch by David Colmer  \narhila0b00■  \nCopyright O Erven Willem Frederik Hermans I951Copyright oDe Bezige Bij,Amsterdam,I951English translation copyright ◎David Colmer,2017Afterword copyright o Cees Nooteboom,2005  \nFirst Archipelago Books Edition,20I8  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any formwithout the prior written permission of the publisher.  \nOriginally published asHet behouden huis by De Bezige Bij,Amsterdam,I951  \nArchipelago Books232 Third Street\\#AIIBrooklyn,NY IIZT5www.archipelagobooks.org  \nLibrary of Congress Catalogingin-Publication Data Available Upon Request.  \nCover art:René Magritte  \nDistributed by Penguin Random Housewww.penguinrandomhouse.com  \nThe project has received funding through a grant from the Netherland-America Foundation.  \nThis book was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the supportof Governor Andrew M.Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.  \nArchipelago Books also gratefully acknowledges the generous support of theNew York City Department of Cultural Affairs,the National Endowment for the Arts,and the Dutch Foundation for Literature.  \nederlands  \ndutch foundation  \nfor literature  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  \nAn Untouched House  \n1  \nTHE MAIN BOUGH,almost the whole crown wassuddenly lying at the foot of the tree without myhearing the crack.It had been drowned out by thebang from the brief thicket of clods that sprang upnearby.  \nMore explosions followed but I didn't see theeffects.I didn’tlook back.There was nobody in frontof me.Maybe I was in the lead.There weren't manytrees and I must have been in plain sight,but theyseemed to be firing blind.With each step my anklesturned on hard lumps of earth.The slope was longand steep.The German position was on the other sideof the hill.I hoped they would advance to meet us.Look for cover somewhere,crawl off silently.I was sothirsty I could hardly go on.My canteen was empty.Ilooked back at the others.No one was close enoughto ask for water.  \nThen the sergeant blew his whistle.Regroupingona sunken road,we slumped down to catch our breath.I held up my empty canteen,but those who noticedshook their heads.Hardly anyone was paying attentionanyway.The sergeant closest to me had slid his helmetdown over his face to block out the heat and the lightand,with his hands clasped on his chest,seemed tohave fallen asleep.The sun was glaring down;ithadn’trained for days.The yellow ground was so dry the dustthat had been thrown up by the exploding shells wasstill hanging in the air.  \nI checked my watch.Two-thirty.A silencedescended.All of the combatants seemed to be takingit easy as if the war was a large sick body that hadjust been given a shot of morphine.The only thinghappening:a high altitude dogfight,two against one.I watched it,a blade of dry grass between my teeth.Like skywriters the fighter pilots were drawing apattern of white loops on the blue background,as iffor our entertainment and no other reason.Don't try","cbCaisO1gkxjCzeS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisO1gkxjCzeS","pdf",3030598,108,"English","# An Untouched House\n## Translation credits and afterword\n## Copyright and publication details\n## Wartime narrative excerpt","[{\"question\":\"What is the setting of the story excerpt?\",\"answer\":\"The excerpt takes place in the waning months of 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