The Boundless River
Stories from the Realm of the Rhine
$50.62
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2024
Summary
“A joy to read” - Times Literary Supplement
”[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine” - Irish Times
“It’s easy to be swept away by Deen’s delightful prose” - New Statesman
“A beautiful book, by turns poetic, witty and full of learning … This unique biography of a river marks a new kind of writing about people and place, both in and out of time” - PATRICK McGUINNESS
The Boundless River takes the reader into a u…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529424164 |
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| ISBN-10: | 152942416X |
| Author: | Mathijs Deen, Jane Hedley-Prole, Jonathan Reeder |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 138mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Affectionate and eccentric … The Boundless River is as intimate a portrait of a river as you’ll find without getting wet * Financial Times *
[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine. Deen soon learns to think of the Rhine, and of all rivers, in rather different, more expansive - and considerably less human-governed - terms: and in this learning lies the strength and electricity in his book * Irish Times *
It’s easy to be swept away by Deen’s delightful prose … In his conclusion, Deen notes that geology makes him feel “small and arbitrary” and “surprised by my surroundings”. It’s to his credit that The Boundless River has a similar effect on the reader * New Statesman *
Deen has an impressive historical knowledge that enables him to travel effortlessly through the centuries. * De Volkskrant *
An extraordinary capacity for empathy, a sound style, conscientious research and a flair for succinct details. Each story is a sketch of a life, of a society, of a zeitgeist. * De Morgen *
Like Geert Mak, he knows how to bring history to life, thanks to his compelling style and his poetic imagination. * De Volkskrant *
Deen is an exceptional prose stylist * Het Parool *
Fluidly translated by Jane Headley-Prole and Jonathan Reeder, Mathijs Deen’s prose is much like the river it describes: boldly genre-crossing, it gushes and cascades. The Boundless River is a joy to read, not least because it renders geological time so palpable … An ever-shifting reminder of ancient time, the author’s Rhine puts us humans firmly in our temporal place * Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Mathijs Deen
MATHIJS DEEN (b. 1962) is a Dutch writer and radio producer. His short story collection Brutus is Hungry (nominated for the AKO Literature Prize) was followed by among others The Wadden Islands, Down Old Roads and the novel The Light Ship (nominated for the Libris Literature Prize). His work has been translated into German, Italian and Korean.
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