The Foxes Come at Night

Alberto Manguel of The Guardian wrote that the book works as an introduction to Nooteboom or a summary of his themes, which often concern language and human self-consciousness. Manguel called the collection "a full-bodied meditation on the end of things, broken into eight parts that essentially explore one single final experience".^[2]

Jonathan Gibbs of The Independent wrote that the stories are "translated without noticeable blemish". He highlighted "Paula" and "Paula II", calling them "closest to the flickering melancholy" of Nooteboom's earlier novella The Following Story.^[3]

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