by Cees Nooteboom, Simone Sassen · Suhrkamp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518390535
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In 'The Detour to Santiago', Cees Nooteboom embarks on a journey from Barcelona to Santiago, avoiding any haste. For him, it is not the destination that matters, but the path to it, that is, the journey through Spain. Through his travels, Nooteboom constructs a complex image of Spanish history and culture, paying homage to the beauty of the cities and attempting to capture the mentality of its inhabitants in words. This book has become an essential work for anyone traveling through Spain, preparing for the trip, or simply wanting to relive it.
Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom was a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel Rituals, which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an English-language edition, published in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press of the United States. LSU Press published his two earlier novels in English in the following years, as well as other works up until 1990. Harcourt and Grove Press have since published some of his works in English.
