# Man on the Move

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- Book: [Man on the Move](https://www.bookquiver.com/otto-de-kat/man-on-the-move) ([Man on the Move.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/otto-de-kat/man-on-the-move.md))
- Authors: [Otto de Kat](https://www.bookquiver.com/otto-de-kat)
- Publisher: maclehose_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4916-806-9
- Published: 2010-01-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In January 1935, Rob leaves Holland for Cape Town, a young man thirsting for adventure and wanting above all to leave his family's suffocating hold on him behind. After a brutal stint in the diamond mines, he sails to Java to join the Dutch forces in their last stand against the invading Japanese. Here he finds Guus, a fellow countryman and the best friend he will ever have. Elegant, painterly and poetic, Man on the Move is an unforgettable portrait of friendship, and the heart-wrenching story of a journey away from family into lonely adulthood, through war and captivity.