The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "The pilgrims' route to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain has long been a favorite subject of travel writers, but few have covered it as entertainingly, quirkily and, finally, movingly as Dutch essayist Nooteboom (The Following Story)."
Santiago | Santiago de Chile | Santiago de Compostela | Santiago del Estero | Santiago de Cuba | Hampton Roads | Santiago de los Caballeros | Santiago Calatrava | University of Santiago de Compostela | Take Me Home, Country Roads | Roman roads | Order of Santiago | Good Roads Movement | Santiago Ramón y Cajal | Santiago Metropolitan Region | Santiago Metro | List of roads in Kuala Lumpur | Esmeralda Santiago | South Hampton Roads | Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil | Santiago del Estero Province | Santiago (commune) | Santiago Carrillo | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium | Rafael Cordero Santiago | Moisés Santiago Bertoni | Joey Santiago | Hugo Santiago | Emílio Santiago | Archbishop of Santiago |
Some of his travel books include Een middag in Bruay, Een nacht in Tunesië, and De omweg naar Santiago (Roads to Santiago, 1997); this book inspired the musical work "Six Glosses" (2010) by Spanish composer Benet Casablancas.