One of the leading contemporary writers of europe, his novels include rituals, which received the pegasus prize in 1980. Buy the following story by cees nooteboom, ina rilke from waterstones today. He is a poet, a novelist and a travel writer whose books include rituals 1983, the following story 1994, roads to santiago 1997 and all so. History, the past, here, now, love, life, death, german philosophy, language, time. A must read for fans of circular, selfreflective storytelling. He is a poet, a novelist and a travel writer whose books include rituals 1983, the following story 1994, roads to santiago 1997 and all souls day 2001. Complete summary of cees nootebooms the following story.
Feb 11, 2016 multiple awardwinning dutch writer cees nooteboom on his novel the following story. Het volgende verhaal is a 1991 novel by the dutch writer cees nooteboom. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. So close that when i had finished reading the novella, i immediately read it again. One morning herman mussert wakes up in a hotel room in lisbon, where twenty years previously he slep. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Dutch writer cees nootebooms short novels are exquisite toys for the brokenhearted, erudite tales that revolve around themes of loss and despair but are never less than playful. One proselytising critic has pointed out that while nooteboom is a european writer of significance his 1991 novel, the following story, was published with a print run of 540,000 for a dutch. You can update your browser by downloading the latest. Cees nooteboom author cees nooteboom was born in the hague in 1933, and now lives in amsterdam and on the island of minorca. This title comes with an introduction by david mitchell.
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