Amsterdam Contributor(s): Wolf, Manfred (Editor) |
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ISBN: 188351309X ISBN-13: 9781883513092 Publisher: Whereabouts Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2001 Annotation: Travel to one of the most dynamic cities in the world in the company of the finest writers. Twenty stories by writers from Amsterdam are set around the canals, the red light district, Central Station, cafes and working-class neighborhoods. Many stories appear in English for the first time. Contributors include Harry Mulisch, Cees Nooteboom, Marga Minco, and Bas Heijne among others. 1 map. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - General - Travel | Europe - Benelux Countries (belgium Netherlands Luxembourg) |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001027540 |
Series: Traveller's Literary Companion (Whereabouts) |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.05" W x 7.26" (0.56 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Benelux |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Travel to one of the most dynamic cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. The stories in this volume will take you on a personal odyssey through the city's rich past to its dynamic present. Arranged by the areas of Amsterdam they illuminate, these stories offer up a rich literary banquet to the traveler who wishes to experience the character and soul of this great city. Join better-known Dutch writers such as Harry Mulisch and Cees Nooteboom, along with those whose writing appears in English here for the first time, as they lead you along the canals, through the neighborhoods, and from the past to the present in this rare collection of twentieth-century Dutch literature. Contributors include Cees Nooteboom, J.J. Voskuil, Simon Carmiggelt, J. Bernlef, Martin Bril, Remco Campert, Marion Bloem, Maarten 't Hart, Geert Mak, Hermine Landvreugd, Gerrit Komrij, Bas Heijne, Lizzy Sara May, Gerard Reve, Marga Minco, Harry Mulisch, and Hafid Bouazza. |