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[[Category:Short Stories|*]]
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|author=Cees Nooteboom and Ina Rilke (Translator)
|title=The Foxes Come At Night And Other Stories
|rating=4.5
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=There's a bold statement on the front cover from, as it happens, one of my favourite authors, [[:Category:A S Byatt|A S Byatt]] saying that Nooteboom is ''one of the greatest modern novelists'' so I thought that I was in for a treat. But I didn't enjoy the first short story. Not the greatest of starts. I was disappointed to say the least and was wondering what all the fuss was about. Then I started to read the story entitled ''Thunderstorm'' and things started to pick up. I appreciated the sparse and elegant language. Lines such as 'Five people at an outdoor cafe: two women ... a solitary black man ... a couple at a table nearby. Enough for a film.' How lovely and evocative is that last line, I'm thinking. I read it twice as it was so good.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857050230</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Sue Gee
