Roads To Santiago
Cees Nooteboom author Ina Rilke translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:5th Feb '98
£12.99
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'One of the great books about Spain' - Tristan Garel-Jones, Observer
A many-tangented pilgrimage through ten centuries of Spain's history, its politics, its art, literature and architecture, its climate and its people, in which Nooteboom unlocks doors to an undiscovered Spain and reveals his obsession for a country he has come to know intimately over the course of forty years.A many-tangented pilgrimage through ten centuries of Spain's history, its politics, its art, literature and architecture, its climate and its people, in which Nooteboom unlocks doors to an undiscovered Spain and reveals his obsession for a country he has come to know intimately over the course of forty years.
One of the great books about Spain -- Tristan Garel-Jones * Observer *
His prose is as sturdy as a good Rioja, and equally delicious -- Sara Wheeler
With this immensely attractive book, Cees Nooteboom joins a select band of writer... who have the rare ability to evoke the soul of a nation. No one with a feeling for Spain should fail to read this book * Daily Telegraph *
Invites the reader to share the excitement, experiences, even food, that the author has encountered while weaving his way through [Spain] slowly and deliciously... Mr. Nooteboom lingers in out-of-the-way places most tourists miss * New York Times Book Review *
Nooteboom plunges fervently into the fabric of Spain itself * San Francisco Chronicle *
ISBN: 9781860464195
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
Weight: 255g
368 pages