Lost Paradise (novel)

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Lost Paradise
File:Paradijs verloren.jpg
First edition (Dutch)
AuthorCees Nooteboom
Original titleParadijs verloren
TranslatorSusan Massotty
LanguageDutch
PublisherUitgeverij Atlas
Publication date
2004
Publication placeNetherlands
Published in English
2007
Pages156
ISBN9045005093

Lost Paradise (Dutch: Paradijs verloren) is a 2004 novel by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom. It tells the story of two Brazilian women who move to Australia, and of a Dutch middle-aged critic who goes to an Alpine spa.

Reception

The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "Framed by masterful reflections on misunderstandings in life and literature, Nooteboom's short work, at once delicate and chiseled, achieves a dreamlike suspension of time and place."[1]

See also

References

  1. Staff writer (2007-06-04). "Fiction Review: Lost Paradise Cees Nooteboom". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2012-03-31.