Summary
I had been looking for someone to write to for a long time, but how does a man write letters to a god?
From his Mediterranean garden on the island of Menorca, Cees Nooteboom writes to the trident-wielding deity, Poseidon, initiating a dialogue not only with the past, as Alberto Manguel observes in his Preface, but with an entire world that seemed lost for ever.
Offering a seductive interweaving of keen observation and the fruits of a vast knowledge, Nooteboom explores…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782066200 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782066209 |
| Author: | Cees Nooteboom, Laura Watkinson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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A sparkling little book, filled with wonder
A sparkling little book, filled with wonder - Spectator
About The Author
Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933, and now lives in Amsterdam and on the island of Minorca. He is a poet and novelist who has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards such as the Pegasus Prize and the Aristeion Prize for his novels, which include Rituals (1983), The Following Story (1994), and All Souls’ Day (2001). His books of travel writing, Roads to Santiago (1997) and Roads to Berlin (2012) have become backlist classics.
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