Mr Palomar - Italo Calvino Paul Beers Meesterverteller Lafcadio Hearn putte uit

Meesterverteller Lafcadio Hearn putte uit traditionele Japanse folklore

is een bezwering

Het benadert de zorgen en geneugten vanuit verschillende inspiratiebronnen en (literaire) tradities

die altijd een bepalende rol in haar leven bleef spelen

Now King Dom João III wishes to make him a wedding gift for a Hapsburg archduke in Vienna

Mr Palomar - Italo Calvino Paul Beers Meesterverteller Lafcadio Hearn putte uitMr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh.