Self-portrait of an Other

Author(s): Cees Nooteboom

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Cees Nooteboom, best known for his novel The Following Story, is one of the most distinguished and significant authors of the Netherlands. This book draws on Nooteboom's personal reflections - his arsenal of memories, dreams, fantasies, landscapes, stories, and nightmares - and presents a set of prose poems that complements Neumann's work.

General Information

  • : 9780857420114
  • : Seagull Books London Ltd
  • : Seagull Books London Ltd
  • : 0.718
  • : 01 January 2012
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 January 2012
  • : 01 February 2020
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Cees Nooteboom
  • : Hardback
  • : Max Neumann
  • : 76
  • : 33 colour plates

More About The Product

"[Nooteboom's] books seem metaphors for art itself." Ed Park, Village Voice

 

"Much more than a twentieth-century village storyteller, Cees Nooteboom stands as an impressive and inimitable voice among contemporary writers." Linda Simon, New York Times Book Review

Cees Nooteboom is the author of A Song of Truth and Semblance, All Souls' Day and The Following Story, among other books.


 


Max Neumann lives and works in Berlin.


 


David Colmer has won several translation awards.