by Paul Vincent (Translator), Helen Constantine (Editor)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 212
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 13 Sep 2017
ISBN 10: 0198806493
ISBN 13: 9780198806493