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Dutch novelist Tommy Wieringa is one of the bestselling literary Authors in Dutch history. His powerful novel, These Are the Names, explores enduring questions of faith, identity and belonging.

Eleanor speaks with Dutch novelist, journalist and public intellectual, Ian Buruma. His new book Their Promised Land is about his German-Jewish, English grandparents, and the letters they wrote to each other every day while separated by two world wars.

Stable, tolerant, liberal--that's the reputation long enjoyed by the Netherlands. But that changed dramatically a few years ago when outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Dutch Muslim. The country's enviable social model was called into question. This week, Writers & Company launches the series "The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands." Over the next four weeks, host Eleanor Wachtel talks to some of the Netherlands' leading writers about immigration's impact on…

The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands, Pt.1, with Cees Nooteboom: Stable, tolerant, liberal--that's the reputation long enjoyed by the Netherlands. But that changed dramatically a few years ago when outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered. The country's enviable social model was called into question. Tune in to Writers & Company this week for a continuation of "The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands." In this series, host Eleanor Wachtel talks to some of…

Stable, tolerant, liberal--that's the reputation long enjoyed by the Netherlands. But, that changed dramatically a few years ago when outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered. The country's enviable social model was called into question. Tune in to Writers & Company this week for a continuation of "The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands." In this series, host Eleanor Wachtel talks to some of the Netherlands' leading writers about immigration's impact on Dutch identity…

This week on Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel talks with Dutch writer Ian Buruma - one of the finest literary journalists in the world. He's a roving intellect and subtle social commentator whose eclectic titles include: Inventing Japan, The China Lover, and Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance.

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Dutch novelist, poet, and travel writer Cees Nooteboom. Brooding, reflective, and illuminating, his latest book is a novel called All Souls' Day. And from South Africa, a preview of the award-winning J.M. Coetzee's new book, Youth.

Today on Writers & Company - an interview with Dutch novelist, poet, and travel writer Cees Nooteboom. He's been compared to Calvino, Borges, and Nabokov, but Nooteboom is a surprising and unique talent all his own. They discuss his book Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.