In the Dutch Mountains
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A Spanish Inspector of Roads uses his imagination to write a story about Kai and Lucia, the children of circus performers, who take their magic act to the forbidding lands of the South.
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Seller: H.S. Bailey, Fort Myers, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing therefore 1st edition, light dusting/foxing to top edge of textblock, slightest of wear to dj. Seller Inventory # BBR-423
Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 128 pp., Translated from the Dutch by Adrienne Dixon. First American printing. Seller Inventory # 122292
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST EDITION. Seller Inventory # 020954
Seller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ as new. DJ has been laminated with document protection film. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages. Seller Inventory # 14611
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Translated from the Dutch by Adrienne Dixon. First American printing. About fine in like dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 65247
Seller: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Baton Rogue. 1976. Louisiana State University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0807114251. 129 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by David Davies. keywords: Europe Netherlands Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Alfonso Tiburon de Mendoza, the narrator of Cees Nooteboom's fifth novel, is Inspector of the Roads in the Spanish province of Zaragoza, part of the ancient kingdom of Aragon. Each August, during his holiday, Tiburon, retires to an empty, dusty schoolroom, wedges his aging, portly body into a child's desk, and indulges in the only luxury of his life: he writes. The story he tells is not set amid the silver olive trees and loam-colored plains of his native Spain but in the Netherlands, which in Tiburon's imagination becomes a vast country, spreading southward from Amsterdam to the highest peaks and passes of Europe. Tiburon's story centers on Kai and Lucia, an innocent - one might almost say perfect - couple, the blameless children of circus performers who themselves become show people, basing their act on the magic of illusion. As the story of Kai and Lucia unfolds, it takes on an illusive quality of its own, assuming the form of a fairy tale. Kai and Lucia are forced to leave their home in the North for less hospitable regions to the south. One night Lai is spirited mysteriously from the theatre in which he and Lucia are performing by a woman known as the Snow Queen. Lucia then enlists the aid of a clown in searching for Kai. The final sequence of the tale, in which the two are reunited, takes place in a snowy woods outside a remote castle - a scene reminiscent of the tales of the Brothers Grimm. As in Nooteboom's previous novels, IN THE DUTCH MOUNTAINS works on a variety of levels. Tiburon, the creator of the fable of Kai and Lucia, punctuates his narrative with direct addresses to the reader on the relation of art to life, the nature of myth and truth, and the purpose of illusion in the world. inventory #2620. Seller Inventory # z2620
Seller: Mooney's bookstore, Den Helder, Netherlands
Condition: Very good. Seller Inventory # E-0807114251-2-2
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Seller: George Strange's Bookmart, Brandon, MB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Nooteboom, Cees IN THE DUTCH MOUNTAINS London, EN: Louisiana State University Press 1987 FIRST EDITION AN/AN 128pp. 8vo. Dust jacket shows little to no shelf wear or staining. Red boards are clean with silver titling on the spine. Text is lightly age toned but otherwise clean as well and binding is strong. Overall book is in as new condition. Seller Inventory # 019450
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. ; 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.4 inches; 128 pages. Seller Inventory # 302564