Monk's Eye

First published in Dutch as Monniksoog by Karaat in 2016.

About the author

Cees Nooteboom is one of Europe's leading living authors. His poetry, novels and travel literature have been translated into many languages. David Colmer is an Australian writer and translator who lives in Amsterdam. This is the third book of Cees Nooteboom's poetry he has translated for Seagull. Sunandini Banerjee is a Calcutta-based graphic artist and editor who has illustrated books by Thomas Bernhard, Yves Bonnefoy and Ivan Vladislavic, among others.

Summary

Cees Nooteboom wrote the poems that make up Monk's Eye on two islands: he began them on the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog and finished them on the Spanish island of Minorca, where he has spent summers for decades.

Product details

• Authors: Cees Nooteboom
• Assisted by: Sunandini Banerjee (Illustration), David Colmer (Translation)
• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780857425478
• ISBN: 978-0-85742-547-8
• No. of pages: 63
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 155 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature