In this volume Paul Vincent presents a compelling collection of prose fiction,memoirs and anecdotes centring on Amsterdam from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. His selection offers a rare insight into the history and culture of the city. The subjects range from Rembrandt to the persecution of the Jews in World War 2,from barricades in a working-class district during the Depression to a writer's unhealthy obsession with a massage parlour. These eighteen newly-translated tales give the reader,and the traveller,a tantalizing glimpse of the Amsterdam that lies beyond the tourist guidebooks.
Publisher: Oxford University PressISBN: 9780198806493Weight: 238 gDimensions: 196 x 147 x 12 mm
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