Letters to Poseidon
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Author
Contributions
- Manguel, Alberto - Contributor
- Watkinson, Laura, translator - Contributor
Publication
2014 - MacLehose Press, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
67,250 words, Guess
Page Count
269 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31276587M
- ISBN-139780857052759
- ISBN-100857052756
- OCLC Control Number883462002
- OCLC Control Numberletterstoposeido0000noot
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2014472499
Classifications
- LCCPT5881.24.O55 B7513 2014
Description
"At once playful and poignant, beautiful and bizarre, this masterpiece uses the minutiae of everyday life to illuminate the broadest questions of human existence, all couched in the glittering prose of one of Europe's outstanding stylists. The Roman emperor Caligula famously called off an invasion of Britain and instead ordered his legions into the surf to attack the god of the sea. Cees Nooteboom is more civil. As autumn falls each year he writes Poseidon a letter requesting permission to return to his home in Minorca the following spring. Of course, it would be discourteous if the letters were no more than a series of demands. So Cees seeks the wisdom of the trident-wielding deity, and takes the opportunity to keep him up to speed on his own musings"--Publisher's description.
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