The Following Story

The Following Story
First edition (Dutch)
AuthorCees Nooteboom
Original titleHet volgende verhaal
TranslatorIna Rilke
LanguageDutch
PublisherDe Arbeiderspers
Publication date
1991
Publication placeNetherlands
Published in English
1993
Pages92
ISBN90-70066-88-2

The Following Story (Dutch: Het volgende verhaal) is a 1991 postmodern novel by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom. Translations into German (Die folgende Geschichte) and French (L'histoire suivante) also appeared that year.[1] After the novel was awarded the 1993 Aristeion European Literary Prize, its English translation appeared in the UK (Harvill, 1993) and USA (Harcourt Brace, 1994).[2]