Amsterdam Tales

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Series:
City Tales
Author:
Helen Constantine, Paul Vincent
ISBN:
9780192529053
Related ISBNs:
9780198806493, 9780192529046
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Pages:
256
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-12-14
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
General Introduction Helen Constantine 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Literature and Fiction