My Little War

My Little War (Dutch: Mijn kleine oorlog) is the fourth novel by Louis Paul Boon, first published in 1947.

In 1960, Boon revised the work for a second edition that more closely reflects Dutch standards for correct language.

in addition to the publication history, the content have led readers and scholars alike to consider the book rather as a collection of stories than a novel.

For instance, the narrator insists that the reader could just as easily be the writer, and this equation of "me" and "you" is consistently held up throughout all parts of the book.

In recent decades it has attracted a huge body of commentary, as an online search for the original title in Dutch will quickly reveal.

First edition
Cover art by Paul Gustave Van Hecke