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Der Weg nach Surabaya. Reportagen und kleine Prosa (lit. 'The Road to Surabaya: Reports and Short Prose') is a 1997 collection of texts by the Austrian writer Christoph Ransmayr. Collecting texts from a period of nearly two decades, it mainly consists of travel writing from Europe, Africa and Asia, but also includes other material such as three acceptance speeches from literary award ceremonies.

It was reviewed on Das Literarische Quartett [de] on 25 April 1997. According to the scholar Ian Foster, the book, and especially its texts about Austrian subjects, contributes to the understanding of Ransmayr's 1995 novel The Dog King, which has puzzled critics with its treatment of history and place.

References

1. Herberth, Arno (2021). "Die Relationen von Fremdem und Eigenem in Christoph Ransmayrs Der Weg nach Surabaya". Mapping Ransmayr. Kartierungsversuche zum Werk von Christoph Ransmayr (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 97–118. doi:10.14220/9783737012195.193. ISBN 978-3-8471-1219-8.
2. Holly, Claudia (19 August 1997). "Der Weg nach Surabaya" (in German). Literaturhaus Wien [de]. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
3. Festenberg, Nikolaus von (20 April 1997). "Freitag, 25. April". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
4. Foster, Ian (2004). "The limits of memory: Christoph Ransmayr's journalistic writings". In Neighbours and Strangers. Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004333765_012.

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• 1997 non-fiction books
• Works by Christoph Ransmayr
• S. Fischer Verlag books
• Austrian travel books