Cees Nooteboom presents his favorite paintings, painters, and museums, from Vermeer to Hokusai, from Zurbarán to Kiefer, from Da Vinci to De Chirico. A literary travel guide and trip though the history of art and its mysteries. Schirmer/Mosel. 192 pages, 74 colour plates, 26 x 28.5 cm, hardcover. German edition.