Amsterdam: A Traveler's Literary CompanionTravel 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. |
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Right in the heart of the city , where now lie broad streets and a late tram rides past , once lay the ships . I know where the original Exchange stood , and the later one , and the still later version ; where the Waag was , the Public ...
Right in the heart of the city , where now lie broad streets and a late tram rides past , once lay the ships . I know where the original Exchange stood , and the later one , and the still later version ; where the Waag was , the Public ...
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At the side of the house , in the place where once there had been a rickety wooden shed - his headquarters — and from where he had embarked upon his campaigns into the surrounding area , a garage had sprung up . The front garden , once ...
At the side of the house , in the place where once there had been a rickety wooden shed - his headquarters — and from where he had embarked upon his campaigns into the surrounding area , a garage had sprung up . The front garden , once ...
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Once in a while I worked here secretly before I finished studying , but , you know , you're always afraid one of your professors will come along . “ But with your degree , couldn't you find some other kind of work .
Once in a while I worked here secretly before I finished studying , but , you know , you're always afraid one of your professors will come along . “ But with your degree , couldn't you find some other kind of work .
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J J Voskuil Sunday Morning | 9 |
Martin Bril Café Walem | 40 |
JORDAAN | 80 |
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| Título | Amsterdam: A Traveler's Literary Companion Volumen7 de Traveler's literary companion |
| Editor | Manfred Wolf |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Whereabouts Press, 2001 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 25 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 188351309X, 9781883513092 |
| Largo | 238 páginas |
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