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Herman Mussert, a former teacher of Latin and Greek, falls asleep in Amsterdam one evening, only to wake up in a hotel room in Lisbon with the fear that he is dead. Reprint.
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"A subtle gem of European letters as flawless, to my mind, as The Turn of the Screw or Heart of Darkness." from the foreword by David Mitchell
What happened to Herman Mussert? He went to bed last night in Amsterdam, thinking of outer space and its lifeless planets, and now he wakes in Lisbon, with Portuguese money in his wallet. If he is himself, he is a bachelor, a former teacher of Latin and Greek who looks like Socrates and who spends all his time reading. But is he himself? Or is he dead? If he is dead, what is he doing in a Lisbon hotel, in a room where he slept with another man's wife more than twenty years ago?
With lyrical, precise, sardonic prose braided with myth and symbol, Cees Nooteboom tells the story of a funny-looking man who loved beauty. Of a proud, spiritual soul who all his life was intrigued by transfiguration and who despite himself became a player in a drama of jealousy and revenge.
A classic novel, with a new foreword by David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.
Nooteboom's brilliant fable is marked by such subtlety and deceptive lightness that not until the end do we realize its power, and the full weight of the ideas it explores. From the meaning of identity and memory to discussions of the soul's journey, The Following Story is like a Borges text fleeting in its sardonic humor and lightness of touch and deadly in its abilities to reveal powerful ideas and emotions." Philadelphia Inquirer
Cees Nooteboom, one of Holland s most popular and most translated writers, was born in 1933 in The Hague. He is a poet, novelist, and travel writer. He lives in Amsterdam.
What happened to Herman Mussert? He went to bed last night in Amsterdam, thinking of outer space and its lifeless planets, and now he wakes in Lisbon, with Portuguese money in his wallet. If he is himself, he is a bachelor, a former teacher of Latin and Greek who looks like Socrates and who spends all his time reading. But is he himself? Or is he dead? If he is dead, what is he doing in a Lisbon hotel, in a room where he slept with another man's wife more than twenty years ago?
With lyrical, precise, sardonic prose braided with myth and symbol, Cees Nooteboom tells the story of a funny-looking man who loved beauty. Of a proud, spiritual soul who all his life was intrigued by transfiguration and who despite himself became a player in a drama of jealousy and revenge.
A classic novel, with a new foreword by David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.
Nooteboom's brilliant fable is marked by such subtlety and deceptive lightness that not until the end do we realize its power, and the full weight of the ideas it explores. From the meaning of identity and memory to discussions of the soul's journey, The Following Story is like a Borges text fleeting in its sardonic humor and lightness of touch and deadly in its abilities to reveal powerful ideas and emotions." Philadelphia Inquirer
Cees Nooteboom, one of Holland s most popular and most translated writers, was born in 1933 in The Hague. He is a poet, novelist, and travel writer. He lives in Amsterdam.
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- EditorialHarvest Books
- Año de publicación1996
- ISBN 10 015600254X
- ISBN 13 9780156002547
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- IdiomaInglés
- Número de páginas128
EUR 6,19
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