Lost Paradise

From “one of the greatest modern novelists” comes a haunting tale of angels, art, and modern love (A. S. Byatt).   In Lost Paradise , Cees Nooteboom sets out to connect two seemingly unrelated strangers whom he has glimpsed on his travels, and to explore the major impact that small interactions can have on the course of our journeys.   A beautiful woman aboard a Berlin-bound flight becomes Alma, a young lady who leaves her parents’ São Paulo home on a hot summer night in a fit of depre