num_pages: 128
description: A kind blundering Czech engineer is pressured by the Nazi government to hand over his invention which could be key to their military operations. He flees to Paris hoping to sell his invention to the French government instead; yet when the Germans invade France he is forced into hiding and spends months in a dark damp cellar. Alone he dwells on his memories - of his troubled marriage and his decision to leave his wife behind in Czechoslovakia. When he is given the unexpected chance to redeem himself both to his wife and history he seizes it with utter determination - even though this heroic act will be his last. A powerful and moving novel about one man's final fatal heroic act of resistance in Nazi France.
language: English
title: The Hideout
publisher: Pushkin Collection