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The Following Story

by Cees Nooteboom · 1991

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Herman Mussert went to bed last night in Amsterdam and wakes in Lisbon in a hotel room where he slept with another man's wife more than twenty years ago. Winner of the European Literary Prize for Best Novel, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Translated by Ina Rilke. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisNetherlandsNetherlandsMore like thisLess of thisLisbonLisbonMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Subject
philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages
Form
novellanovellaMore like thisLess of this

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