Roads to the South

The essays in this hymn to Australia begin with the author''s visit to Broome in the northwest. Weaving the occasion of his arrival in this remote town with his exploration of its history, Nooteboom splices the details of time to create this book.

About the author

Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933. He is a poet, a novelist and leading European thinker. The recipient of numerous literary awards including for his fiction, the Pegasus Prize, his travel writing includes Roads to Santiago (Harvill Press, 1997), Roads to Berlin (MacLehose Press, 2012), Venice (MacLehose Press, 2020) and 533 (MacLehose Press, 2021).Laura Watkinson is the translator of Cees Nooteboom's Venice, Roads to Berlin and Letters to Poseidon. She has lived in the Netherlands since 2003.

Summary

The essays in this hymn to Australia begin with the author's visit to Broome in the northwest. Weaving the occasion of his arrival in this remote town with his exploration of its history, Nooteboom splices the details of time to create this book.

Product details

• Authors: Cees Nooteboom
• Assisted by: Laura Watkinson (Translation), Watkinson Laura (Translation)
• Publisher: Welbeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781914495311
• ISBN: 978-1-914495-31-1
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Essays, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Australia, TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania, Travel writing, Literary essays