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Rituals by Cees Nooteboom (view source)
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|publisher=MacLehose Press
|date=July 2013
|summary=Directionless Inni confronts the mysteries of the universe in the Amsterdam of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
|cover=Nooteboom_Rituals
Thus - Nooteboom has made the plot of Rituals symmetrical. He has given it the ultimate order out of chaos. Perhaps Nooteboom is trying to suggest some theological irony that goes beyond the novel's pages. Indeed, Rituals does possess discourse on religion - as well as art, the economy, family, Amsterdam, sex, loneliness. It is evidence of Nooteboom's mastery that such a brief book contains such a small, yet perfectly structured universe. Highly recommended.
For more from Nooteboom, have a look at [[The Foxes Come At Night And Other Stories by Cees Nooteboom and Ina Rilke (Translator)|The Foxes Come At Night And Other Stories]] and [[In The Dutch Mountains by Cees Nooteboom|In The Dutch Mountains]].
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