Set in the cities and islands of the Mediterranean, and linked thematically, the eight stories in The Foxes Come at Night read more like a novel, a meditation on memory, life and death. Their protagonists collect and reconstruct fragments of lives lived intensely, and now lost, crystallized in memory or in the detail of a photograph. And yet the tone of these stories is far from pessimistic: it seems that death is nothing to be afraid of.

"'Both wise and beautiful' John de Falbe, Literary Review." - Literary Review

"'Exquisite toys for the broken-hearted' Jonathan Gibbs, Independent." - Independent

"'Nooteboom is full of surprises and makes every word, every observation, not only count but also linger' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times." - Irish Times

"'I much admired Cees Nooteboom's sharply melancholy stories' Julian Barnes, TLS Books of the Year." - Books of the Year

"'One of the most remarkable writers of our time' Alberto Manguel, Guardian." - Guardian

"'Poignant, wistful, and sometimes bitingly funny studies of memory, longing, regret, and a wry acceptance that this is what being alive is like' Independent on Sunday." - Independent on Sunday