Alberto Manguel on Cees Nooteboom
‘Cees Nooteboom, one of the most remarkable writers of our time, doesn’t suffer fools gladly. The outstanding characteristic of his writing is its elegant intelligence. Nooteboom is not interested in the contented roundness of a plot, in the rehashing of commonplaces, in facile wordplay.’ Alberto Manguel in The Guardian on the newly published collection of stories, The Foxes Come At Night. Read the full review here. Plus another review in The Irish Times here. MacLehose Press meanwhile interviewed the author on video, which can be seen here.
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Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases. From: Rituals
I had as much as a thousand lives and yet took only one. From: Open als een schelp - dicht als een steen
An overview of the many places in the world that Cees Nooteboom has described in his oeuvre.
Nooteboom’s debut novel, Philip en de anderen (Philip and the Others), came out in 1955. He was twenty-two years old at the time. Where did the inspiration come from? READ MORE
Nooteboom has written about the phenomenon many times, about why it is that he always wants to pack his suitcases again. READ MORE
Cees Nooteboom is known primarily for his novels and his travel books. As far as he is concerned, however, poetry comes first. READ MORE
Many of Nooteboom’s essays deal with art, particularly those branches with a visual focus: painting, architecture, film and photography. READ MORE