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Original title Paradijs verloren Language Dutch Publication date 2004 Originally published 2004 Page count 156 ISBN 9045005093 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Translator Susan Massotty Publisher Uitgeverij Atlas Published in English 2007 Genre Fiction Country Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lost Paradise (Dutch: Paradijs verloren) is a 2004 novel by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom. It tells the story of two Brazilian women who move to Australia, and of a Dutch middle-aged critic who goes to an Alpine spa.
Reception
The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "Framed by masterful reflections on misunderstandings in life and literature, Nooteboom's short work, at once delicate and chiseled, achieves a dreamlike suspension of time and place."
References
Lost Paradise (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA