Letters To Poseidon

Laura Watkinson, Cees Nooteboom

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English

Hodder & Stoughton
10 May 2016

Memoirs; Travel & holiday

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- I was instantly charmed by this book! From the moment that Mr Nooteboom decides to write letters to the mighty sea god, whilst toasting the first day of spring with champagne, I was smitten. The alternating childlike fascination and poignancy with which he writes of carrying subject makes for truly beautiful reading. Sian McNabney

'I had been looking for someone to write to for a long time, but how does a man write letters to a god?' From his Mediterranean garden on the island of Menorca, Cees Nooteboom writes to the trident-wielding deity, Poseidon, 'initiating a dialogue not only with the past,' as Alberto Manguel observes in his Preface, 'but with an entire world that seemed lost for ever.' Offering a seductive interweaving of keen observation and the fruits of a vast knowledge, Nooteboom explores questions of human existence through the minutiae of the living world around him, and marvels at the secrets of the deep. He recalls figures in history, places he has travelled to, objets trouves, works of art and literature, and takes a fresh look at the ancient myths. At once playful and poignant, beautiful and bizarre, Nooteboom's Letters to Poseidon are couched in the glittering prose of one of Europe's outstanding stylists.

By: Cees Nooteboom
Translated by: Laura Watkinson
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781782066200
ISBN 10: 1782066209
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 10 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.ceesnooteboom.com/?lang=en

Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933, and now lives in Amsterdam and on the island of Minorca. He is a poet, a novelist and a travel writer whose books include Rituals (1983), The Following Story (1994), Roads to Santiago (1997) and All Souls' Day (2001).