Roads to Santiago
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.
 First edition (Dutch) | |
| Author | Cees Nooteboom |
|---|---|
| Original title | De omweg naar Santiago |
| Translator | Ina Rilke |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
| Publisher | Uitgeverij Atlas |
Publication date | 1992 |
Published in English | 1996 |
| Pages | 412 |
| ISBN | 9025400434 |
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."[1]