Roads to Berlin : detours and riddles in the lands and history of Germany / Cees Nooteboom ; translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson with photographs by Simone Sassen.
"Part I of this book was first published as Berlijnse notities in 1990"--Notes on this edition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Prologue : crossing the border ; Intermezzo in the third person : Vestigia pedis ; second intermezzo : ancient times -- part II. Berlin suite ; Dead aeroplanes and eagles everywhere ; Village within the wall ; Rheinsberg : an intermezzo ; Return to Berlin -- part III. -- part IV. A visit to the chancellor.
Summary
Offers writings on the author's experiences of Germany from the period before the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present, through a period of profound transformation for the country.
