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Original title De omweg naar Santiago Language Dutch Publication date 1992 Originally published 1992 Page count 412 Translator Ina Rilke | 3.8/5 Goodreads Country Netherlands Publisher Uitgeverij Atlas Published in English 1996 ISBN 9025400434 Published in english 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roads to Santiago (Dutch: De omweg naar Santiago) is a 1992 travelogue by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom. It focuses on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Reception
The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "The pilgrims' route to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain has long been a favorite subject of travel writers, but few have covered it as entertainingly, quirkily and, finally, movingly as Dutch essayist Nooteboom (The Following Story)." The critic continued: "At one point, Nooteboom compares writing history to putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Anyone who hopes to find a compact history of Spain here will find some pieces missing. But what's here is an idiosyncratic, informative, introspective reading adventure."