![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book begins with the angel reporting to his superior that 'the job is done', and beginning to recount the events. In between these four parts, the angel-like being discusses "The Plan" with his superior, who is supposedly an archangel. The book consists of four parts (dubbed "The Beginning of the Beginning", "The End of the Beginning", "The Beginning of the End", and "The End of the End"). This child would then have an innate desire to seek out and return the Tablets. He affects the personal lives of three people (two men and one woman) in order that a child will be conceived. The divine being, however, cannot himself travel to Earth, and on several occasions in the book resorts to influencing events. Ī 2001 film adaptation by director Jeroen Krabbé features Stephen Fry and Flora Montgomery in the leading roles.Īn angel-like being is ordered to return to Heaven the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments. It is considered Mulisch's masterpiece and was voted best book in the Dutch language in a 2007 poll among the readers of NRC Handelsblad. The Discovery of Heaven ( Dutch: De ontdekking van de hemel) is a 1992 novel by Dutch writer Harry Mulisch. ![]()
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