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THE BYSTANDER [Narcis]
by Judith Fanto

Novel – 320 pp – February 2025

Haarlem,1916. After the death of his mother, ten year old Manno is forced to leave the neutral Netherlands to go and live with his father’s family in the war-torn metropolis of Vienna. The demands imposed on him by his new life drive him to despair until, at a summer camp, he makes friends with five children his age. In the decades that follow, their close friendship survives all kinds of difficulties. But by the time Hitler invades Austria on the eve of the Second World War, societal issues have turned deeply personal, forcing each of the friends to take a stand.

In this magnificent, captivating novel about friendship, betrayal and retribution, Judith Fanto once again demonstrates stylistic verve and historical knowledge, along with a razorsharp psychological insight. Is it ever possible to truly know someone?

Does true friendship demand absolute openness? Or is respect for the other’s secrets in fact the fundamental right of every friend?

4,5 stars ***** “After her debut Viktor, Fanto once again draws on her Austrian family history. The Bystander is based on the group of friends of her grandparents. The result is not only a dazzling story about betrayal and retaliation, but also a particularly sensual novel.” – De Telegraaf

“Endowed with a nose for true characters and a style as graceful as Vienna itself, Fanto wrote The Bystander, a sensual historical novel that raises fundamental questions about what happens when friendship and ideology collide.” – VPRO Gids

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