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In the Dutch Mountains
Cees Nooteboom
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Description for In the Dutch Mountains
Paperback. An elegantly constructed story within a story, laced with the wit that characterises the work of this outstanding European writer. Translator(s): Dixon, Adrienne. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
A morose provincial inspector of roads in Aragon settles down to write the fable of the Snow Queen. The Netherlands has now been stretched into a vast country with Northern flatlands and hazardous Alpine ranges in the south. Kai and Lucia are circus illusionists, and when Kai is kidnapped, Lucia must rescue him from the Snow Queen's palace. In the Dutch Mountains is an elegantly constructed story within a story, laced with the wit that characterises the work of this outstanding European writer.
A morose provincial inspector of roads in Aragon settles down to write the fable of the Snow Queen. The Netherlands has now been stretched into a vast country with Northern flatlands and hazardous Alpine ranges in the south. Kai and Lucia are circus illusionists, and when Kai is kidnapped, Lucia must rescue him from the Snow Queen's palace. In the Dutch Mountains is an elegantly constructed story within a story, laced with the wit that characterises the work of this outstanding European writer.
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782067191
SKU
V9781782067191
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99-50
About Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933, and now lives in Amsterdam and on the island of Menorca. 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 In the Dutch Mountains
'He is one of the greatest modern novelists' A. S. Byatt.
A S Byatt
'A genuinely pan-European novel in both its subject and style. It has the brilliance and disconcerting logic of a dream' Jonathan Raban.
Jonathan Raban
'A poet's fairy tale, elegant and beguiling' Julian Barnes.
Julian Barnes
'The brilliant and original fruit ... Read more
A S Byatt
'A genuinely pan-European novel in both its subject and style. It has the brilliance and disconcerting logic of a dream' Jonathan Raban.
Jonathan Raban
'A poet's fairy tale, elegant and beguiling' Julian Barnes.
Julian Barnes
'The brilliant and original fruit ... Read more