Says Noteboom (b. 1933) is a famous Dutch poet, novelist and essayist. “Text” published his novels “Rituals”, “Memorial Day”, “Philip and Others” and a book of travel essays “Red Rain”. The characters in Paradise Lost are constantly moving, either in time or in space. Interrupting each other, they tell their stories, wander around the world, flying from Brazil to Australia, from Holland to Austria... Unexpected plot twists keep the reader in suspense, and the author's wit and paradoxical style will delight the connoisseur of good prose.