The Right of Return
In 'The Right of Return' Leon de Winter has written an audacious book that demonstrates more powerfully than ever that he is a prophet of doom. In this science-fiction novel, set mainly in 2024 and 2025, he describes a doom scenario in which Israel has been reduced in size and beleaguered to such an extent that it is virtually uninhabitable.
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Original title
Het recht op terugkeer
Author
Leon de Winter
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A pitiless pageturner.
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A bold novel with Mulisch-like allure.
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Leon de Winter
Leon de Winter (b. 1954) became known in the early 1980s with subdued, intellectual novels like 'Zoeken naar Eileen W' (Looking for Eileen W.) and 'La Place de la Bastille', but he later concentrated on creating vehicles for his most important themes – Jewish identity after the Second World War, good and evil – in what he refers to as ‘good reads.’ 'Kaplan' (1986), 'SuperTex' (1991), 'Zionoco' (1995) and 'God’s Gym' (2002) each became bestsellers.