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Letters to Poseidon
Cees Nooteboom
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Description for Letters to Poseidon
Paperback. A memoir of reflections and pictures by one of the great European novelists Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
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 questions of human existence through the minutiae of the living world around him, ... Read more
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 questions of human existence through the minutiae of the living world around him, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782066200
SKU
V9781782066200
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About 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). ... Read more
Reviews for Letters to Poseidon
A sparkling little book, filled with wonder
Justin Marozzi
Spectator
Justin Marozzi
Spectator