Blogs in November 2021

533: A Book of Days 14th November 2021

Though a tireless explorer of distant cultures, for more than forty years Cees Nooteboom has also been returning to Menorca, “the island of the wind”, and it is in his house there, with a study full of books and...

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Venice 5th September 2020

With this treasury of his time spent in Venice over a period of fifty-five years, Nooteboom makes himself the indispensable companion for all lovers of “the sailing, amphibious city”, and for every new visitor. Because he is a master...

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All Souls’ Day 1st January 1970

Arthur Daane, a documentary film-maker and inveterate globetrotter, has lost his wife and child in a plane crash. In ALL SOULS’ DAY we follow Arthur as he wanders the streets of Berlin, a city uniquely shaped by history. Berlin...

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Roads to Berlin 1st January 1970

Roads to Berlin maps the changing landscape of Germany, from the period before the fall of the Wall to the present. Written and updated over the course of several decades, an eyewitness account of the pivotal events of 1989...

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