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Set in the cities and islands of the Mediterranean, and linked thematically, the eight stories in The Foxes Come at Night read more like a novel, a meditation on memory, life and death. Their protagonists collect and reconstruct fragments of lives lived intensely, and now lost, crystallized in memory or in the detail of a photograph. And yet the tone of these stories is far from pessimistic: it seems that death is nothing to be afraid of.

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'Both wise and beautiful' John de Falbe, Literary Review. * Literary Review *
'Exquisite toys for the broken-hearted' Jonathan Gibbs, Independent. * Independent *
'Nooteboom is full of surprises and makes every word, every observation, not only count but also linger' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times. * Irish Times *
'I much admired Cees Nooteboom's sharply melancholy stories' Julian Barnes, TLS Books of the Year. * Books of the Year *
'One of the most remarkable writers of our time' Alberto Manguel, Guardian. * Guardian *
'Poignant, wistful, and sometimes bitingly funny studies of memory, longing, regret, and a wry acceptance that this is what being alive is like' Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *

Table of Contents
Gondolas. Thunderstorm. Heinz. Late September. Last Afternoon. Paula. Paula II. The Futhermost Point.

The Foxes Come at Night

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      Publisher Quercus Publishing
      Published 4 July 2013
      ISBN-13 9781849165570
      978-1849165570
      ISBN-10 1849165572
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Set in the cities and islands of the Mediterranean, and linked thematically, the eight stories in The Foxes Come at Night read more like a novel, a meditation on memory, life and death. Their protagonists collect and reconstruct fragments of lives lived intensely, and now lost, crystallized in memory or in the detail of a photograph. And yet the tone of these stories is far from pessimistic: it seems that death is nothing to be afraid of.

      Trade Review
      'Both wise and beautiful' John de Falbe, Literary Review. * Literary Review *
      'Exquisite toys for the broken-hearted' Jonathan Gibbs, Independent. * Independent *
      'Nooteboom is full of surprises and makes every word, every observation, not only count but also linger' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times. * Irish Times *
      'I much admired Cees Nooteboom's sharply melancholy stories' Julian Barnes, TLS Books of the Year. * Books of the Year *
      'One of the most remarkable writers of our time' Alberto Manguel, Guardian. * Guardian *
      'Poignant, wistful, and sometimes bitingly funny studies of memory, longing, regret, and a wry acceptance that this is what being alive is like' Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *

      Table of Contents
      Gondolas. Thunderstorm. Heinz. Late September. Last Afternoon. Paula. Paula II. The Futhermost Point.

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