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Zusatztext 'writerly! abstract! walled off in his head ... He reminds us how fast the communist world fell apart! with unimaginable reversals of fortune' Literary Review. Informationen zum Autor Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933! and now lives in Amsterdam and on the island of Minorca. He is a poet and novelist who has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards such as the Pegasus Prize and the Aristeion Prize for his novels! which include Rituals (1983)! The Following Story (1994)! and All Souls' Day (2001). His books of travel writing! Roads to Santiago (1997) and Roads to Berlin (2012) have become backlist classics. Klappentext The fall of the Wall to the present day - Berlin's turbulent history and path to reunification as witnessed by one of Europe's most distinguished authors. Zusammenfassung The fall of the Wall to the present day - Berlin's turbulent history and path to reunification as witnessed by one of Europe's most distinguished authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations. PART I. Prologue: Crossing the Border. Intermezzo in the Third Person: Vestigia pedis. Second Intermezzo: Ancient Times. PART II. Berlin Suite. Dead Aeroplanes and Eagles Everywhere. Village within the Wall. Rheinsberg: An Intermezzo. Return to Berlin. PART III. PART IV. A Visit to the Chancellor. Epilogue. Glossary (including biographical and other explanatory notes). Index. Afterword to Part I. Notes on this Edition.
