Comedy in a Minor Key

A Dutch couple hide a Jewish perfume merchant in their home during World War II in this classic dark comedy novella. “A book of such profound and understated beauty that it almost seems to function as a parable.” —David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupation—and, true to its title, a dark comedy of wartime manners— Comedy in a Minor Key tells the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, then must dispo