All Souls’ Day

Nooteboom, Cees

£10.99

In ‘All Souls’ Day’ we follow Arthur, a documentary maker, as he travels around the streets of Berlin. The city provides the backdrop for Arthur’s reflections on his life as he plans his self-funded film on the world through his own eyes.

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Publish Date: 27/10/2022

Description

“An outstanding addition to an impressive oeuvre” Times Literary Supplement

Arthur Daane, a documentary film-maker and inveterate globetrotter, wanders the streets of Berlin, a city whose recent past provides the perfect backdrop for his reflections on life and the universe as he collects images for his latest project – a film that will show the world through his eyes.

With his circle of friends – a philosopher, a sculptor and a physicist – Daane discusses everything from history to metaphysics and the meaning of our contemporary existence, often over a hearty meal. Then, one cold winter’s day, Daane meets the history student Elik Oranje and his world is turned upside down. And when she unexpectedly leaves the city for Spain, Daane is compelled to follow.

All Souls’ Day is an elegiac love story, a poignant and affecting tale in which the city of Berlin plays a prominent role, by one of Europe’s major contemporary writers.

Translated from the Dutch by Susan Massotty

“Displays with admirable lucidity the workings of a humane, civilized, and consistently interesting mind” Kirkus Reviews


“One of the most remarkable writers of our time” ALBERTO MANGUEL

Additional information

Weight 260 g
Dimensions 198 × 128 × 30 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

352

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

839.31364 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K