Roads to Santiago

Roads to Santiago
Author Cees Nooteboom
Original title De omweg naar Santiago
Translator Ina Rilke
Country Netherlands
Language Dutch
Publisher Uitgeverij Atlas
Publication date
 1992
Published in English
 1996
Pages 412
ISBN 9025400434

Roads to Santiago (Dutch: De omweg naar Santiago) is a 1992 travelogue by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom. It focuses on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

Reception

The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "The pilgrims' route to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain has long been a favorite subject of travel writers, but few have covered it as entertainingly, quirkily and, finally, movingly as Dutch essayist Nooteboom (The Following Story)." The critic continued: "At one point, Nooteboom compares writing history to putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Anyone who hopes to find a compact history of Spain here will find some pieces missing. But what's here is an idiosyncratic, informative, introspective reading adventure."[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff writer (1997-04-28). "Roads to Santiago". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2012-04-16.


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