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Eleven-year-old Elmer inhabits a childhood of superstition, private lore and secret societies that only certain friends can join (and of which he is always president). When a new boy, pale, spindly Werther, arrives in the neighbourhood, a subtle game of fascination and persecution begins.In wartime Amsterdam, a young boy watches as Germans occupy the city. At first his parents' friends, the Boslowits family, think they have little to fear. The...

Two novellas considered among "The Evenings" author Reve's best work. "Werther Nieland" takes on the oppression and enchantment of childhood. "The Fall Of The Boslowitz Family" presents a family's downfall through the eyes of a friend of one of the children.