The Following Story
by:
Ina Rilke (author)
Cees Nooteboom (author)
Herman Mussert went to bed last night in Amsterdam and wakes in Lisbon in a hotel room where he slept with another man’s wife more than twenty years ago. Winner of the European Literary Prize for Best Novel, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Translated by Ina Rilke. A Helen and Kurt...
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Herman Mussert went to bed last night in Amsterdam and wakes in Lisbon in a hotel room where he slept with another man’s wife more than twenty years ago. Winner of the European Literary Prize for Best Novel, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Translated by Ina Rilke. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156002547 (015600254X)
Publish date: January 22nd 1996
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
My disappointment in The Following Story is of course only a temporary arrangement constructed as a forgettable dream here in my consciousness. But how a particular book can get so lost on a person like me is astounding. It does not happen often. There are books that arouse in me great feeling and ...
I've failed to write a review after finishing The Following Story and now, a month later, I'm tempted to lower the rating (and I'm doing it); the book didn't linger in my mind, the story was almost forgotten the moment I closed the covers. You know the kind of book that is complex, with beautiful pr...
"Následující příběh" Too much philosophical book. The train of thought is very complicated for me. I know nothing about Socrates, but major figure Herman Mussert translates and teaches the life-work of Socrates. I didnt understand that Herman is dying... The book is good maybe, but too much for me.....
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